Word: stigmas
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...highhanded, for it upset the parity rates among the currencies of the Six (see BUSINESS). But the German action helped to convince Pompidou that the British were needed in the EEC to serve as a counterweight to the Germans. Moreover, Pompidou apparently felt that France could not afford the stigma of once more blocking progress toward a united Western Europe. Consequently, as the ministers took their places around a hollow square of teak tables in the Charlemagne Building, the French were prepared to soften their positions on three major items...
Merseth said applications from college seniors have also declined, and attributed this to a "stigma" businessschools have developed, "particularly in the last couple of years. There is a problem with the image of business that people have and what they perceive our graduates to be doing. More students now than ever before are interested in using the administrative skills learned here in areas other than business...
...unsurprisingly-in getting themselves into a lucrative profession. The ones involved in the arts hope to find financially rewarding ways to use their abilities. A talented young photographer, rather than wanting to do free-lance work, is studying business administration and hopes to go into advertising. There is no stigma against materialism and few seem seriously interested in politics. Very little is revolutionary about them. With the political complacency of young Mexicans, a mildly popular new president, and an economy that has Mexico at its most prosperous ever, the prophets of Apocalypse are difficult to believe...
...recent hearings before Congress concerning the role of Army intelligence, Bayh said that it is "hard to find out the size of the problem." He said that the "availability of confidential information to the press, who has no business having it," is equally as dangerous as the stigma such surveillance creates...
...outgoingness, the high spirits, are not to be confused with braggadocio. The stigma of being called a war criminal, the 19 agonizing months of facing charges for premeditated murder, have taken their toll. When the Army first charged him, Calley went into a deep depression. "After about a month," he explains, "I just faced myself and asked, Do you want to quit living?' At worst, t knew I had one year left, and I decided I wanted to do something before 1 die. I decided I would look other people in the eye again...