Word: younger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...younger voters--future taxpayers and citizens--this election could not be more crucial, for at the heart of it will be a clash of visions for the 21st century. At the twilight of the 20th century, we must debate and decide issues which will heavily influence the tax burden we will bear and the standard of living we will enjoy. And the questions being discussed are too critical for younger voters not to have a say in them. After all, it is we--the youth of America--who will have to live with the consequences of the decisions we make...
Unfortunately, however, younger voters are in a poor position to make the impact that is needed to affect our politics and to engineer a positive change for the future. Youth apathy runs at unprecedented highs. The essence of youth activism that was present in the campaigns of candidates such as John Kennedy and Barry Goldwater has given way to the Generation X indifference of today. Younger voters have become unduly cynical and jaded as the idealistic spirit of past campaigns has crumbled. The youth of America believes that there is nothing that they can do to positively change the future...
...Less than a month before the big night, Forbes has 26 county chairs signed on and 750 volunteer precinct workers, as well as a professional phone bank making 4,000 calls for him daily. Forbes supporters tend to be mainly independents and moderates with weak party ties who are younger than Dole's or Gramm's backers by at least 10 years and less likely than the diehards to haul themselves to a caucus on voting night. "My observation," says Gramm's pollster, Linda DiVall, "is that the Forbes vote is a place holder where people are parking their vote...
...home and, for that matter, in schools as well. Recent judicial support for a school teacher brought to trial for paddling a student is just one example that the issue is becoming pervasive in its appeal. Our society is increasingly concerned with supposedly degenerating morals among its younger generations. But is corporal punishment really the answer...
...Gospel, with its roots in the blues, was once considered too earthy to perform in church; the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar came out way back in 1970; and Christian diva Amy Grant has been racking up Grammys and gold records for years with her lite-FM pop. But younger Christian performers are now borrowing from a wider, more modern array of musical styles--such as alternative rock and gangsta rap--in an effort to create music that can appeal to a generation raised on Nirvana...