Word: younger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hungary's economic woes have been tied to a period of political stagnation under Party Boss Janos Kadar, 75. Last week's parliamentary debate, however, threw the spotlight on a younger, more dynamic figure: Prime Minister Karoly Grosz, 57, the former Budapest party leader, who assumed the post only two months ago. "Time is pressing. We cannot wait. We have to act," Grosz declared to loud applause from the 340 assembled Deputies. His performance fed speculation that he is the leading candidate to succeed Kadar, who has held power for 31 years...
...protective of their privacy; they decline all requests for interviews. It is known that Son Ennis, 18, is studying prelaw at a black college in the South near his sister Erinn, 20, who studies psychology. Eldest Daughter Erika, 22, is an aspiring artist, painting in New York. The two younger girls, Ensa, 14, and Evin, 11, attend public schools in Massachusetts...
...took his family for granted, Cosby says, and this attitude led to "selfish behavior" that he will not describe, except to say that it was particularly hurtful to his wife. Speaking cautiously in the second person, with uncharacteristic somberness, he says, "When you're younger, you want to be sure that by the time you're 80 years old you can sit on the bench and look back and say, 'Man, I did it all. I didn't miss a thing.' What you never meant to do was to hurt anyone, but then you see the look on the face...
...tries to convince a skeptical Noah that he should build an ark. But Cosby soon gravitated toward a more fertile subject: his childhood. In vivid, richly textured narratives, he told of cutting up with neighborhood characters like Old Weird Harold and Fat Albert, sharing a bed with his younger brother Russell, going to the hospital to get his tonsils out. No comic has ever entered a child's mind with so much empathy and gusto...
...walkout after four days, when Chrysler agreed to index the pensions of future retirees to inflation, up to an annual rate of 6%. The top rate will be 5% for current pensioners. Union leaders hope that the provision will encourage older workers to retire, helping preserve the jobs of younger workers...