Word: oneself
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There's no use praising a loss, and it's ridiculous to maintain that the team is "better for it." A win would have been good; a loss was bad. But still, there is a good reason to sit down now and convince oneself that little has changed despite the shattered image of national ranking...
...hundred eighty years ago, at a time when Harvard students were officially ranked by their social position in "the Dignity of one's Familie," a listing that determined order of chapel seating, class room recital and serving oneself at table, two fledgling Boston Brahmins decided to make the elite even more clearly defined and started a club named after their favorite food, pig. Social discretion changed the name from Pig Club to Porcellian Club, and with the Porcellian Club began the most Socially, with a capital "S", exclusive club system in the country...
...cautious manner, however, is still evident. He continued, "It's difficult to inform oneself adequately on the wide range of public issues. One isn't going to be listened to for very long, if at all, unless he speaks with authority, from factual knowledge...
...reward for facing the reality of envy and other painful emotions during family therapy, Paul concludes, is "a sense of oneself, a sense of self-esteem and expectant mastery over whatever might be coming down the pike...
Nautical Knotter. To purists, the closeness of the knots is far less important than the idea of making it oneself, an urge that is not limited to macramé. Knitting, leatherwork and fancy needlework are all in vogue. Tandy Leather, a handicraft chain store with outlets all over the country, says its leather sales have risen 51% this year. But macramé, seven centuries old, is what's In. Salty Stanley Postek, who owns Nautique Arts in Manhattan, is one of the first to offer macramé kits. These start at $5 and range up to $12 and higher...