Word: successful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard kids are notoriously good at doing a good job, whatever the job may be. And we love this; we wouldn't be here if we didn't somehow crave the recognition of success. But to mistake the accolades with self-worth, to conflate outer success with real satisfaction and be lulled into complacency, is to do oneself a profound disservice...
...things that is a misperception about appearance is that there is a single appearance that one must fit," he says. "If you're dressed in a three-piece business suit, and you walk into a day care center, you're probably not dressed for success in that environment...
Even with the decline of 80s power-dressing, some still see dressing, up as the road to success. In the 90s, as the cost of surgical procedures declines, "dressing" takes on a whole new meaning. Abdominal tucks, breast augmentations and face lifts are now less-expensive options for those convinced that improving their appearance gives them an edge in corporate culture and social life...
...races. The son of a mulatto mother and a white father, he was light-skinned enough to eat at whites-only restaurants. But Dahmer chose to live as a black man. He inherited land and in time farmed 400 acres; he also ran a sawmill and grocery store. His success brought respect from some whites, including prominent businessmen, and resentment from others...
...chemicals on mice in hopes of finding "chemotherapy" treatments. In a cover 10 years later, we predicted that "drug treatment will emerge as the equivalent of surgery and radiation," and quoted the National Cancer Institute's John Heller as saying, "I'm confident that we will have some success in the next few years...