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...their passions, rather than settling for a high-paying job that came knocking on Harvard’s door. The terrorist attack on America and our war against al-Qaeda—both of which have been blamed for the state of the economy—have given heightened esteem and, more importantly, heightened urgency to those performing jobs of civic and public service...
...ridden. More women than men are afflicted, but not disproportionately so, as with other eating disorders. About 60% of binge eaters are women versus 40% men, compared to anorexia nervosa where 90% are women. But most important, binge eaters tend to suffer from underlying psychological problems, like low self-esteem, generalized anxiety or depression...
This year there is a new film festival geared especially, but not exclusively, for students of Ivy League schools. Fittingly, it is called the Ivy Film Festival. The brainchild of David Peck, a junior at Brown, the festival has already achieved great esteem due to the participation of such celebrity panelists and guest speakers as writer/director James Toback ’66 (Black & White, Bugsy and Harvard Man), producer Barbara Boyle (Bottle Rocket, Phenomenon and Instinct), actor/director Tim Blake Nelson (O, The Grey Zone and O Brother, Where Art Thou?) and the possibility of other notable personalities...
...acknowledges its near-total dependence on US markets. And in a famous survey a few years ago, residents chose Pamela Anderson as their country’s most distinguished citizen. None of these bodes well for Canadians’ sense of self-determination, not to mention their self-esteem...
...WHITMAN President and CEO, eBay Though most dotcom bosses can't get an investment bank to return their phone calls these days, Whitman and her company are held in such esteem that she has been named to the board of Goldman Sachs. Whitman, 44, joined eBay in 1998 and applied the lessons she learned at such old-economy firms as Hasbro and Disney. She did adopt some New Economy habits. Rather than preside from an office, she sits in a cubicle among her employees. Whitman was once criticized in Silicon Valley for stressing profitability over growth, but many...