Word: stigmas
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Their argument was, of course, that the identities of the candidates had to be kept secret to protect their reputations at their home institutions--from both the humiliation of rejection and the stigma of an employee seriously considering leaving...
...raging debates over PC and multiculturalism have placed a certain stigma against those who would deem others "sexist," but Harvard's nine all-made final clubs are worse than sexist. They're misogynist. They are an instrument of control, a self-segregating space where men can keep women out or bus them in whenever they want...
...perfect tool. Like Steele, they decry the widespread view among whites that virtually all blacks who are hired, promoted or gain admission to elite colleges are less qualified than their white counterparts. "There have been casualties -- minority kids who are depressed or feeling incompetent because of the stigma," says sociologist Troy Duster of the University of California, Berkeley. Duster tells of a black student who complained to him, "I feel like I have AFFIRMATIVE ACTION stamped on my forehead...
...challenge the theory that printing the victims' names in the paper removes the stigma," Carter said...
...true nuclear reactors that split atoms and generate heat, using the same chain reactions that power atom bombs. Although modern nuclear engineering has virtually eliminated the risk of explosions and meltdowns in such reactors, the problem of disposing of radioactive wastes has not gone away. Nor has the stigma attached to nuclear reactors in general. "If anybody tries launching a reactor-powered rocket," says Theodore Taylor, a veteran designer of nuclear devices, "past demonstrations will pale by comparison...