Word: self
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Masters of Theological Studies [MTS] grads probably do everything from A to Z," said Alumni/ae Relations and Special Events Coordinator Jeannie R. Peterson, who graduated last year. "Some people come to take this for self-reflection or for teaching. The degree allows the student to use it in the future to understand him or herself in the world...
...Bush to think that shelters would in any way alleviate the situation borders on callousness. No Family or individual trying to live in a temporary shelter each night, without any guarantee that there will always be room for them, will be able to feel any of the self-esteem or just plain security that allow people to live normal lives. When you have to worry each and every day about where your children will sleep that night, or where food will come from, you can't focus attention on getting a steady job or getting your children to school...
Botha also pledged South Africa's help in restarting Mozambique's giant Cahora Bassa hydroelectric-power dam project, whose transmission lines have been repeatedly sabotaged by the Renamo insurgents since the facility was built in 1975. That promise showed both neighborliness and self-interest, since the dam's chief customer will be South Africa. Altogether, the encounter may have reflected a new willingness on the part of Pretoria to pursue conciliatory policies toward its black neighbors abroad while continuing to crack down on opponents of apartheid at home...
...Eliot' s centenary -- and epochal influence -- is celebrated not with a whimper but a bang. -- Ingmar Bergman' s self- portrait...
Regulations like these also douse the simple joy of dressing, not for success or status, but just as self-expression. Abraham Mora, a junior at Chicago's Francis W. Parker School, has packed away his tie-dye Ts ("so trendy now") in favor of Girbaud jeans and Cole-Haan loafers. "Just look at me," says Michael Barnett, a junior at Washington's Field School who sports a vigorously declarative print shirt. "I'm a wild and crazy guy. With dress codes you don't get to see other people's personalities, just the same old clothes." Brand-name sportswear, from...