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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unfortunately, however, younger voters are in a poor position to make the impact that is needed to affect our politics and to engineer a positive change for the future. Youth apathy runs at unprecedented highs. The essence of youth activism that was present in the campaigns of candidates such as John Kennedy and Barry Goldwater has given way to the Generation X indifference of today. Younger voters have become unduly cynical and jaded as the idealistic spirit of past campaigns has crumbled. The youth of America believes that there is nothing that they can do to positively change the future...

Author: By William D. Zerhouni, | Title: COLUMN RIGHT | 1/31/1996 | See Source »

...delays shouldn't affect the distribution of Harvard awards. Harvard is more immune to federal uncertainty than other institutions because it is able to commit more of its own money to aid programs, Miller says...

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: Harvard Likely to Maintain Financial Aid Level | 1/31/1996 | See Source »

...legacy of 1969 also managed to affect Fox's first term eight years later...

Author: By Marios V. Broustas, | Title: Other Deans Faced Troubled First Terms | 1/31/1996 | See Source »

...KEILLAN LECKY DREADED kindergarten. So many of the words her playmates gleefully shouted or conspiratorially whispered seemed to hover just out of reach, as elusive as a vanishing rainbow. Her difficulty understanding them was starting to affect her schoolwork. Then, last summer, Keillan, along with 21 other language-impaired children, was enrolled in an experimental program at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, in which the kids improved their auditory skills by playing computer games. The change in Keillan and the others was so remarkable, says Paula Tallal, co-director of the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZOOMING IN ON DYSLEXIA | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

Some say that Orthodox and Conservative Jews have different outlooks on Hillel which affect their choices within...

Author: By Jal D. Mehta, | Title: Hillel Election Brings New Era | 1/22/1996 | See Source »

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