Word: self-respecting
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...questions were number 36 ("What would be the craziest, wildest thing you would do for a million dollars?") and number 37 ("What would you NOT do for a million dollars?") The ideal answers being "waste three hours standing on line on a nice Saturday morning" and "worry about my self-respect...
...been musical-comedy performer whom drink has crushed into pulp - in George Seaton's film of Clifford Odets' "The Country Girl." Grace Kelly is his wife, ground down by drab devotion. William Holden is the Broadway director who wants to give him a last chance at stardom and self-respect...
...exactly refuse a nickname from the Leader of the Free World. If he had a shred of self-respect, what Freddy Boy should want to say is, "Mr. President, I am an elected representative of the people, and I prefer to be addressed with dignity, not faux familiarity, just as you would have me address you." But he cannot. He is either held hostage by good manners, or afraid of being seen as stuffy, or seduced by the signifier that tells the world he's in the club...
...female) is one that should haunt our nightmares, not grace our video collection. It opens the door for all manner of depravity; shall we soon be forced to witness "Bedtime with Lasaga" or "Bulldoggystyle"? We call upon the citizens of New Haven, who may yet retain some scraps of self-respect amidst the crumbling ruins of their civilization, to prevent the creation of this monstrosity--with pitchforks and torches, if necessary. And should they fail in this endeavor, not all will be lost; next November, when the Harvard stands echo with a lusty chant of "Yalies Suck," we'll even...
...small loans, called microcredit, to the working poor in 25 developing countries. These loans, for little or no collateral, help a poor mother start a little business of her own. She puts food on the table, sends her kids to school, lifts herself out of chronic poverty, finds her self-respect. Like Dr. Sen, I am cautiously optimistic about the future of the world's poor. The poor don't need a handout; they simply need to be shown a way out. CHARLES L. DOKMO, CEO Opportunity International Oakbrook...