Word: young
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During the 1970 Cambodian operation, Brian McDonnell, a young pacifist, pledged to fast until the operation was called off or he had been able to put his case to the President. Early in June 1970, on a mutual friend's suggestion, I called on McDonnell, without White House permission, at the simple residence in Georgetown where he was staying. I was moved by his sincerity even while I disagreed with his conclusions...
Under Gutek and Nakamura's direction, 63 students interviewed 178 men and 221 women living in Los Angeles, all relatively young, well-educated and financially independent. Nearly 45% of the men and 47% of the women reported that supervisors or co-workers of the opposite sex had made admiring sexual comments; 31% of the men and 33% of the women spoke of being leered at or touched. It had been made abundantly clear to 6% of the men and 11% of the women that they were expected to sleep with their bosses or with influential co-workers in order...
...excellent legal mind and a good sense of being able to relate to people." Adds Lawyer James J. Brosnahan, an ex-president of the San Francisco Bar Association: "His opinions showed a sensitivity for civil liberties and a deep knowledge of constitutional law. He was a young man with a bright future." Obviously, whatever the outcome of the case against him, Halvonik's public career may be ruined (though the publicity might not harm his future as a private advocate in California...
...being what it is, Aikens later wrecked his knee, and is out for the year. The last straw was the injury to Pitcher Jim Barr (10-12), one of eight Angels who have signed contracts of over $1 million. After the team clinched the Western title last week, a young fan waved a placard at Barr, who swiped at it. Of course, he damaged the knuckles of his pitching hand, and will miss the playoffs...
...Young love is a fanaticism inhabiting a region somewhere between the silly and the metaphysical. Scott Spencer understands the territory well: its shimmering landscapes, its enclosing solipsism, the profound and dippy magic by which children suddenly acquire passion. In Endless Love, the mother of one such adolescent says in rueful retrospect: "We felt as if we'd given a child permission to experiment with a little chemistry set only to find she was an undiscovered genius-solving ancient alchemical riddles, bonding once incompatible molecules, filling the cellar with luminous smoke...