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...Feast of the Virgin by the Julian calendar (Nov. 29 this year), pilgrims flock by the tens of thousands to the Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion, the holiest of holy churches in their faith. The continual chants of "Mariam, Mariam, Mariam" bear witness to the high esteem, higher even than that accorded Jesus, in which Ethiopia's Christians hold the Mother of the Saviour. One woman says this is the day Mary was miraculously transported to Axum. Another says no, this is the day Mary stopped here on her flight into Egypt (a long detour, indeed). It doesn...
...Deep Blue The IBM supercomputer decisively crushed human world-chess champion Garry Kasparov, dealing a humiliating blow to the self-esteem of carbon-based life-forms. At least until backpedaling commentators recalled the obvious: hey, the human race did build the damn thing in the first place...
...work two days a week. I am really exhausted. I most look forward to going to bed. But I think it is helpful to help people. It's a good way to channel some energy into something positive. When I was working, I felt good about myself--good self-esteem--and a happy mother makes happy children. I don't want to feel like Louise can defeat our happiness...
Fortunately, there are a few who carry on the lonely torch of Harvard's occult history. Among them is Warren M. Little '55. He recalls that in his day there was a story of a former undergraduate who, in a strange attempt to boost his self-esteem, stood in the Yard and yelled his name, which was Rhineheart. Little remembers that "in my day, students would claim to hear him yelling. Of course, as soon as they heard the yelling they would start yelling, too, so it was sort of a joke." Little's classmate, Dean Burriss Young...
...Kids are often judged by teachers and parents by how well they do in school," Firos says. "A child's self-esteem may suffer if he's not that great at school...