Word: esteemed
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...hold on Israeli behavior seems to be strong enough. The same examination is needed within Israel which runs the risk of ever increasing isolation if even relatively new friends, like Egypt's Sadat, must brace for a shocking surprise just three days after a public show of Israeli esteem...
...calls "checks and balances"--that begins with departmental nominations, continues with approval by an ad hoc committee and concludes with a final go-ahead from President Bok. Deeply embedded in each stage is the notion that Harvard must maintain its high academic standards with every appointment. Research and professional esteem thus come to play a decisive factor in the selection process--particularly, faculty say, at the stage where outside experts are requested to send to a department blind letters about candidates...
...program lists the setting as an obscure Eastern law school, but the fact that it takes place at Harvard has a lot to do with this attitude. The vast majority of the people in this country only know Harvard as the Law School, and its graduates are accorded the esteem that only truly singular achievment can surpass. The show should be kept in perspective for what it is, a group of people getting together to have a good time. But a narcissistic effort of an elite to distinguish itself should be perceived also...
...Americans are so in need of self esteem that we give a heroes' welcome to people who simply endured as captives. Neither we nor the hostages earned the right to the celebration we shared...
...will 1) regain the political support it needs in the U.S., and 2) be effective overseas. In the 1950s and '60s, U.S. aid was largely a matter of bilateral, oneway gifts. Such assistance has too often proved harmful to the LDCs: it discourages economic innovation and national self-esteem while feeding corruption and resentment on the part of the recipient. Some outright government-to-government grant assistance will still be necessary. The real emphasis, however, should now be on private-sector investment by multinational corporations and on highly conditional, firmly supervised loans, channeled through such international financial institutions...