Word: esteeming
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...January 1974 the columnist Joseph Alsop declared, "I have begun to think that the '70s are the very worst years since the history of life began on earth..." The decade seemed to be a convergence of ghastly fashions (ultrasuedes, double-knit bellbottoms and medallions, blow-dry haircuts), exotic self-esteem indulgences (est, Gestalt, bioenergetics, Arica, Reichian therapy, Krishna consciousness) and assorted bad ideas (disco, Erich von Daniken's cosmology) with such larger historical dysfunctions as double-digit inflation, riots on the gas lines, Watergate and the losing of the Vietnam...
...before next week's Super Tuesday primaries, when 13 states, including delegate-rich - and heavily Catholic - New York and California, will vote. Catholics make up the majority of New York voters and 46 percent of registered Republicans. Last week, Long Island congressman Peter King, who's held in high esteem by the Irish Catholic lobby, defected from Bush to McCain, saying Bush had destroyed his chances of carrying the state in a general election, a view shared by many political analysts. While Catholics make up a smaller voting block among California Republicans, Bush was previously expected to woo a large...
...means of rewarding customer loyalty, in exchange for personal information or as a reward to surfers for just showing up. Hence the name--"You get something just for having 'been' there," explains Beenz.com chairman and CEO Philip Letts. Among the sites that offer this virtual token of their esteem are Excite UK, Dash, FortuneCity and the Motley Fool. Then, once your virtual wallet is bulging, you can spend beenz at any of some 200 e-commerce sites that accept beenz as a form of payment, including Flooz, ishop, Jellybeenz Gifts and MP3.com There are no downloads or credit-card transactions...
...your belt to look in the mirror and recognize that you look like an idiot. This ain't Star Trek, that's no Tricorder, and you're no Star Fleet Officer. There will be plenty of time later in life for you to fill the vacuum in your self-esteem with expensive gadgets. For the time being, spare the rest of us. If you're so worried about keeping in touch, carry a few quarters in your pocket...
...Painful enough to think of all that history pratfalling like Chevy Chase; excruciating to remember the fashions (the collars and ties, the ultrasuedes, the double knit bell-bottoms and medallions, the comic blow-dry haircuts) and the charlatanism of the self-esteem indulgences (est, gestalt, bioenergetics, Krishna Consciousness...