Word: younger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...growth has come at a cost. Founded in 1935 by New York stockbroker Bill Wilson and Ohio surgeon Bob Smith, A.A. is no longer just a fellowship of down-and-out men whose drinking has led them, in A.A. parlance, to "hit bottom." The veterans are being joined by younger people--and women, gays and minorities--as well as by those who are sent to A.A. as part of a court sentence. The newcomers often bring an array of ancillary problems to meetings, including emotional trauma and addiction to other drugs. As the organization metamorphoses, its supporters wonder whether...
...number of younger members do not dispute that they are in A.A. for different reasons. "I definitely think there is a split," says Rusty, 27, who has been in the program eight years. "The difference is what it's like being sober between the ages of 19 and 27 instead of coming in at 50 with a marriage, a job and a mortgage. I don't know a lifetime of disappointment and pain. My friends who came in at 18 and 19 have had incredible success. They get better jobs, and they move on. [Older members make you] feel...
...both Swan Lake and Cinderella. She is the latest exemplar of a type of dancer Vinogradov likes: tall, elegantly slender, chilly and lacking the turned-out hip position most classical dancers have. Makhalina will remind audiences of Galina Mezentseva, the director's beautiful but glacial favorite in the '80s. Younger ballerinas are developing, especially the limpid Zhanna Ayupova, who redeems Cinderella with a shy, radiant, technically assured performance in the lead role...
...outNorth Korea's leadershipcould make even a Kremlinologist's head spin, but it looks as though Kim Jong Il -- son of the late PresidentKim Il Sung-- may finally be running the show. Today, on the eve of the anniversary of elder Kim's death, North Korean television showed the younger Kim seated at a dais with other dignitaries as a military band played a patriotic song. "The revolutionary cause pioneered by President Kim Il Sung is now being successfully carried forward under the wise guidance of the great leader, Comrade Kim Jong Il," Yang Hyong Sop, North Korea's parliament...
Being single and a parent is a good way to slip into poverty. Millions of single mothers know that, but it can be even worse to be a single father. Terry Younger remembers when he tried to get help in rearing his three children. "I've gone to some of these places, said I needed some help, and they just said, 'We can't help you; you're not a lady,' '' says Younger. "So it's double jeopardy, and I'm bucking the system...