Word: self-help
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Poetry used to be the emperor of the literary universe, but lately it has been overshadowed by almost every other genre--novels, comic books, self-help--or just channeled into other media, like rock and hip-hop. These days most bookstores stock a few odd volumes on a back shelf, and most of those are written by Jewel. But people are still writing poetry and finding ways to say things no other medium can--if you have the time to stop and listen...
Indeed, the anticipation that accumulates before meeting one’s freshman year roommate has inspired much literature on the subject—from newspaper articles to self-help books. And though some believe that roommate problems will pass after blocking freshman spring, the problems do not end so early...
...that he is a child masquerading as an adult. His solution: after an arduous day of pretending to be a grownup, he rushes home to eat Popsicles and play video games. It works for him, but for most IP sufferers Clance and Harvey would prescribe more standard measures: therapy, self-help groups and understanding friends. Clance also suggests that her patients remember a useful observation of W. Somerset Maugham's: "Only a mediocre person is always at his best." --By Janice Castro. Reported by Leslie Cauley/Atlanta and Marcia Gauger/New York
...forum. "Now you see women holding positions in banking, in their communities, women in authority in their villages." Aiding this shift in some small measure are two programs set up at the start of the Decade: the U.N. Development Fund for Women, which funnels $3.5 million annually into self-help projects for Third World women, and the Women's World Banking, a $4 million fund providing financial education and loan guarantees for female entrepreneurs...
...self-help book for the Shopaholic-reading, Cosmo-subscribing generation, James taps into the psyche of a demographic that has largely been ignored by the “you will never be good enough” genre. As if every advertisement wasn’t reinforcing this ominous mantra already...