Word: stigmas
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...deepest problem that welfare faces is not the outrageous numbers it must support or the programs it must implement or even the dollars it must save. It is the stigma it faces. People seem to have this image that with enough blood, sweat and tears, one should be able to "make it" or at least make ends meet. They therefore hold a grudge against those who must turn to the system to survive. The grudge is nurtured by the perception that most of the recipients are black, although the majority are in fact white. Racism becomes the unarticulated engine that...
Without honeybees and some 200,000 other species of insects, birds and small mammals, plants would be in a terrible predicament. So would humans. These creatures are the world's pollinators, quietly nuzzling and probing flowers for nectar and in the process, transferring DNA-bearing pollen from stamen to stigma. Without their work we wouldn't have healthy fruit and vegetables or viable seeds. We depend on this free service for 90% of our staple crops...
Still, declarations of bankruptcy aren't free lunches. Bankruptcy judgments can blemish credit ratings for up to 10 years, boosting interest charges for new debts such as car loans and mortgages. And despite the lessening stigma, many people still cannot shed a sense of failure and shame. "You feel like s--- forever," says Anne, a saleswoman who changed jobs and moved to another state after declaring bankruptcy three years...
...feel that a more effective policy would be for the administration to remain deliberately lenient in the enforcement of guidelines regarding the use of alcohol by underage students.... Students [would] be more likely to remain on campus when they drink,... [and] this policy may help to remove the stigma that makes alcohol so tempting and dangerous...
Diversity aside, however, I hope that the new system, after enough years, will take away the stigma attached to the Quad. It's actually a beautiful place, for all you first-years who were placed there. Hilles Library and the QRAC are steps away from all the Quad houses; the facilities are excellent; and you can laugh at all your River friends who have walk-throughs while you luxuriate in spacious singles. Sure, it's far away, but it's nice to actually go home at the end of the day and feel like you're home; the neighborhood north...