Word: teens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have chess sites at over 100 places in Boston--public libraries, boys' and girls' clubs, teen centers," Charney said
...Foster G. McGaw prize, awarded by the Illinois-based philanthropic organization Baxter Foundation and the American Hospital Association, cited the hospital's "visionary" outreach programs such as health care for the homeless, house calls for the homebound elderly, and a school-based teen health center...
...taken the course are 45% lower than among those who have not. But critics say none of these studies have been reviewed by outside scientists and wonder whether any will bear close scrutiny. The San Diego Union looked into one of the most widely reported success stories -- that the Teen-Aid program lowered the rate of pregnancy at a San Marcos, California, high school from 147 to only 20 in two years -- and reported that while the 147 figure was well documented, the number 20 had apparently been made...
That's the real issue with the Teen-Aid text at the center of the Florida lawsuit. In making the case for chastity, Teen-Aid has asserted, among other things, that "the only way to avoid pregnancy is to abstain from genital contact" and that the "correct use of condoms does not prevent HIV infection but only delays it." Most teens don't need a school course to know that neither of those statements is correct. How are they going to believe in abstinence if those who preach don't have their facts straight...
When the story broke, it seemed to be yet another horrific New York City fable: delinquent teen commandeers an eight-car subway train, taking 2,000 passengers on a three-hour joyride on the A line, the longest in the system. But as it turned out, the tale of Keron ("Keno") Thomas, 16, was not of the Honey-let's-call-that-broker-in- Westchester-this-city-really-is-going-to-hell variety. It was that other type of urban story, the kind that continues to propel big-city dwellers forward each day, a tale of hard work and self...