Word: stigmas
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...have gone up more than 38% over the past five years, with 20 million prescriptions written in the past year. No longer do Ritalin and its generic knockoffs rule. Now there are more than half a dozen treatments, some of which last a whole school day, sparing kids the stigma of lining up at the nurse's office...
...siphoning--he was president of Mercury Nashville when the appealing but almost twangless Shania Twain rose to superstardom. "I don't feel like there's any irony there," Lewis says. "Shania Twain and [her husband] Mutt Lange are brilliant songwriters. In a twisted way, they helped remove the stigma that country might bring to performers like Lucinda or Ryan...
...white” or “Jewish” institution and thus not a socially desirable choice for talented Asian, black or Latino reporters. In the judging eyes of parents, peers and cultures, positivist journalism with a pretense toward objectivity might have acquired a stigma...
Diversifying The Crimson requires pioneers. Aspiring journalists of color need to test the validity of the stigma. They need to join the comp, write their stories and become role models for other students. Leaders of campus organizations should encourage their members to cross boundaries, real and imagined. The Crimson, in turn, needs to find creative ways to promote its financial aid program...
...While avoiding the stigma of elitism in her day-to-day life, the bestselling author's work has brought her into an elite group of writers. Le Guin is one of the most successful science fiction authors of all time, both critically and commercially. She has won the annual Hugo and Nebula awards five times. Her young adult series beginning with The Wizard of Earthsea has won the Newbery Silver Medal and four separate Children's Book of the Year awards. More than three million copies of her books are in print, and they include children's stories, poetry collections...