Word: solider
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...friends' fathers," says Rachel Stevens, 21, a graduate of the University of Michigan. An estimated 40% of people in their 20s are children of divorce. Even more were latchkey kids, the first to experience the downside of the two-income family. This may explain why the only solid commitment they are willing to make is to their own children -- someday. The group wants to spend more time with their kids, not because they think they can handle the balance of work and child rearing any better than their parents but because they see themselves as having been neglected. "My generation...
Anthony is certainly an idealist, but he is also a very effective leader. He was one of the best fundraisers the Association ever had, founded one of PBH's most solid programs (Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment), and did his best as president in the face of soul-less "pragmatists." It is almost a crime that one who devoted his life to PBH did not recieve a Stride-Rite Public Service Award...
There are many who think, Well, it's better to have a solid roof over the Germans. There are some who want two roofs, NATO and European unity. And I agree. My motives are different, but the results are what count. You'll see; German unification will give a big boost to European unification...
...while most of her friends were preparing to join Harvard departments with prestigious faculty and solid academic programs, Kay remembers, she prepared to enter the unknown...
Others argue that solid evidence is accumulating in support of the addiction hypothesis. Psychologist Harvey Milkman and chemist Stanley Sunderwirth, authors of the book Craving for Ecstasy: The Consciousness and Chemistry of Escape, point out that sexual arousal triggers an increase in the release of certain neurotransmitters in the brain in much the same way that the taking of mood-altering drugs does. It is possible that sex addicts try to get the high that results from those chemicals...