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...highly industrialized nations, notably Russia and Canada, the young also constitute half the population. If the statistics imply change, the credentials of the younger generation guarantee it. Never have the young been so assertive or so articulate, so well educated or so worldly. Predictably, they are a highly independent breed, and-to adult eyes-their independence has made them highly unpredictable. This is not just a new generation, but a new kind of generation...
...question is well known to American tourists in every major Russian city. Usually accompanied by a furtive look, it is a standard opening gambit of a breed of young Soviet citizens that the Kremlin has long tried to stamp out: the black marketeers. They waste little time in getting to the point: "Want to change dollars? I can give you a good price...
...young aide with a crew cut and mournful mien, and said: "I don't know anything. But this man-he is the whole plan." When Aleksei Kosygin became Premier of the U.S.S.R. 20 years later, his rise was seen as the coming to power of a new breed of managerial robot. Last week Stalin's glum young associate turned out to be a lively, even likable robot. In the second week of his official visit to France, Kosygin quipped and capered, and proved an engaging salesman...
...lawyers, half-breed social scientists, who call for a reconsideration of the present system. The lawyers are interested in protecting the rights of men seeking conscientous objector status, of ending the arbitrary power of local boards in granting deferments, in making sure that every man who signs up for the Selective Service understands what his obligations and privileges...
Dead Fleas. Most Australian scientists are convinced that myxomatosis is still the best weapon against rabbits. Geneticist William Sobey, for one, is attempting to breed a more potent type of virus by combining existing strains. He has already produced some "interesting results" but needs lengthy field tests...