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...Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites...gain their self-esteem by gazing down...
...Walter Isaacson's biography reveals, Kissinger's brush with evil lay at the heart of his "gnawing insecurity" as a man and his rejection of ideology and moralism as a statesman. Kissinger's life was a consuming quest for respect and esteem, while his diplomacy was an attempt to restore the balance of power among nations that prevailed before Nazi and Soviet revolutions...
...programs try to help young unmarried men become better fathers, providers and mates through counseling services, particularly assistance in a job search. The 61 participants in the Philadelphia program, who range in age from 16 to 26, meet in group sessions once a week and discuss child rearing, self-esteem, male-female relationships and the job market. "The program helped me to open up," says Smalley. "It gave me the drive to want to do things. I've learned how anger affects my child and about how he needs both parents...
Stephen McCauley, 37, has had an easy career. His first novel, The Object of My Affection (1987), won critical and popular esteem that only a tiny percentage of fiction -- first or otherwise -- ever attracts. He grew up in Woburn, a Boston suburb, the middle of three brothers. After the University of Vermont, he says, "I flip-flopped along," teaching, working at a Cambridge travel agency that was "full of wonderful, slow, late-'70s atmosphere...
...taught as many upper-income as low-income kids (Cambridge is a pretty diverse place), making me wonder why some of the kids couldn't just go get real dance lessons. And I don't know that a little bit of dancing really gives anyone's self-esteem such a boost that they go out, get straight As and conquer the world. But I had a tremendous amount of fun, got to know a lot of great Harvard students and Cambridge kids, and felt like I successfully met an unusual challenge...