Word: adults
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...Harvard was, for me, a validation of having “done well” in high school. Finally, I thought, I had something to my name that people in the “real world” could appreciate as an example of success. As a young adult searching for a sense of security, I cherished that feeling of accomplishment and did not want to let it go. And so I came to Harvard bent on “doing well” here too. I approached this college like any obstacle I had already faced?...
...spin. The American Psychiatric Association differentiates between pedophiles who are sexually attracted to prepubescent children and child molesters who abuse children for reasons that may not even be sexually motivated. While child molesters are largely male and fit a certain stereotype-social misfit, living alone, unemployed, unable to form adult relationships-pedophiles could be anyone. They stalk playgrounds and schools, identify vulnerable children and spend much time "grooming" the victim. They may be the rich uncle who showers kids with gifts while hugging them too tight and for too long. Or the boyfriend who insinuates himself into a struggling single...
...summer, those feelings came back. They came not from an inability to visualize the future, but from an inability to recollect the past. I used to look at a box and see a toy: It was the jumping-off point for inventing, coloring, and story-telling. As an adult I see a box as a chore. It has to be packed, taped, carried downstairs. This morning, I saw a box on my carpet and saw myself as a child and as an adult—and then I saw a much sadder reality: Amid all the stress and responsibility...
...Schultz say the job was just too big for Alan Hantman, the Architect of the Capitol until he retired in February. A spokesman for the Architect of the Capitol declined comment. But Kingston also blames poor management by Congress. "Members delegated this project to their staffs - there was no adult supervision," he says. "And the whole thing is an example of wants versus needs. Do we really need three more auditoriums in Washington? The largest cafeteria in Washington? A tunnel that links the CVC gift shop to the Library of Congress' gift shop...
...There is something about Tintin that defies time, language and culture," says Michael Farr, author of Tintin: The Complete Companion. "The child will be gripped by the excitement, the comedy and even the farce. The adult will additionally find political satire and parody, puns and prescience...