Word: self
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Rubin has been unequivocal in his praise for Summers, insisting that his former deputy has "a very good, practical sense of the financial markets. Larry is also self-aware, conscious of things he can do better, and works at it." Summers, who has made great strides in improving his people skills, has a reputation for brilliance, if not tact. "Larry Summers is to humility what Madonna is to chastity," wrote Paul Gigot of the Wall Street Journal. In diplomatic circles, his untucked shirts, mismatched socks and bluntness have seemed odd to some. But there is no doubt that...
...hopes for a peaceful, prosperous future on Yeltsin. As his turbulent and sometimes bloody presidency draws to a close, both the President and his people are sunk in depression, their dreams in tatters. Millions live on the poverty line. The country has neither the confidence of investors abroad nor self-confidence at home. Life is a struggle, and there seems little prospect it will improve soon...
Converts find anonymity to be online therapy's greatest selling point. Too embarrassed, ashamed or self-conscious to look a therapist in the eye, some find typing onscreen as direct and honest as writing in a journal. "I've never been good at expressing myself face to face," says Steele, 36, who says she feels less inhibited when typing onscreen. Elizabeth, 27, a graduate student in Southern California who has hidden her eating disorders from her family for more than 14 years, says online therapy helps her think less about her weight and more about the feelings that cause...
...field as susceptible to fads as public education (Remember values clarification? Self-esteem development?), character ed is now the hottest thing going. If it hasn't hit your local school district yet, just wait. Some form of it is being taught in all 50 states, according to Esther Schaeffer of the Character Education Partnership, an advocacy group in Washington. Georgia and Alabama have made such programs mandatory, and more states are now debating legislation that would follow their lead. Last year the federal Department of Education handed out $5.2 million to schools for character ed; the figure is expected...
...self-description on his laboratory group's Web site, Peralta had a message for any scouts from the San Francisco 49ers: "Ernie...would consider leaving his positon as a tenured professor should the 49'ers need a little help with their passing game...