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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Barak was no great hit with the public either. In small settings, he could be charming and light. But in crowds he bored audiences with stiff pontifications. Commentator Larry Derfner wrote in the Jerusalem Post that Barak came across as a "potato," an impression that stuck. When the candidate finally did blurt out something sexy, it was a gaffe: he said that if he'd been born Palestinian he probably would have joined a terrorist organization...
Similar responses can be heard in schools across the U.S., as the Columbine horror galvanizes teenage evangelical Christians. "The Internet and the e-mail have been just huge on this among Christian kids and youth organizers," says Doug Clark, field director of San Diego's National Network of Youth Ministries. He reports hundreds of teen gatherings on the tragedy in "dozens" of states. Keith Malcom, the Wichita coordinator for Susan Teran's school group and several dozen others, describes a surge of youths volunteering to be "missionaries" in their schools. The Rev. Billy Epperhart, who officiated at four funerals...
...time that society realized that young people are not easily programmable by whatever the Internet or MTV may try to feed them. I've played some of the most violent video games, but I don't have the urge to make killing a reality. Like many other young people across this world, I have common sense and the ability to think and choose for myself. ADAM ROBINSON, 20 College Park...
...study cites a 9 to 12 percent increase in jobs for less-educated young black men in labor markets across the country--and strongly suggests that perpetual joblessness, crime and single-parent families correspond with a lack of work opportunities, not a "culture of poverty...
...take off it did. Lee says that since then, Tufts has dramatically expanded the number of Fresh Samantha options it offers across the campus. She says it has become a "staple" in the campus's a la carte cafeteria, in addition to selling strongly--indeed "flying off the shelves"--at the campus convenience store...