Word: self
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with liner and when she speaks, it's in a voice much younger than her words. Beth has pink hair, purple hair, green hair, blue hair, studs up the sides of both ears and a silver barbell through the top of her chin. Her tank top displays lines of self-inflicted cuts...
...Lulu, a self-proclaimed "personality" from the free-bimonthly rag Stuff at Night, emceed the evening. Sporting a form-fitting black dress with glittering green styrofoam martini olives in her hair, she announced in her introduction, "My name is Lulu, not olive head...
...primary meaning, from the root word jhd, is to strive or exert oneself. . . . What is clear, though, is that striving in the right path involves foremost one's struggle to reorient one's own self to live according to how God would have His creation live," reads the statement prepared...
...wealth, but perhaps the amenities it permits that increase a woman's risk of breast cancer? Maybe, and maybe not. Wealthier women also conduct breast self-exams and have mammographies more often than the average population, resulting in a higher level of detection. As with all research of this type, it would be a mistake to jump to conclusions until a firm connection can be made. And though persistent, if vague, concerns over cancer and environmental toxins have plagued the chemical industry for many years, the authors of this study are careful not to declare a definitive link. Meanwhile, though...
...adults were kindly creatures who cared nothing for the vile pursuits of popularity and appearance and who worried only about truly important things. They read "The Economist", knew all about electronics and conversed about biology and classical history. I thought I saw in adults the self-control, compassion and intellectual commitment that I missed in my peers...