Word: younger
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...criterion which has often been criticized is the age of a group. Generally, younger groups are given preferential consideration, on the theory that they are most in need of U.C. funding whereas older groups may have established sources of outside or internal revenue. Finally, to remove ideology from the process, the grants process is content-neutral in terms of political ideology, religious of ethnic affiliation...
...majority of citizens at the younger age are in fact less mature and dependable in many ways. The same basic argument explains why a citizen must be 35 years of age to run for the nation's presidency, 30 for a Senate sent and 25 for a Congressional post. People making decisions which can significantly impact the lives of others must first gain experience and seasoning...
Which is one reason that for most states the greatest challenge is the morass of juvenile justice. Close to a fifth of all violent crime is committed by kids younger than 18. While nearly all states are moving to try more juvenile offenders as adults, 30 states and the Federal Government are also experimenting with boot camps in which juvenile offenders are subjected to a military-style "shock incarceration" program of three to six months. Offered to first-term nonviolent offenders as an alternative to jail, the programs feature military drills and hard labor. Some also include substance-abuse treatment...
Another tool for which lawmakers are reaching to control crime before it happens is teen curfews. Two dozen cities have adopted them, many in the past year. This month Florida's attorney general will push the legislature for a statewide curfew aimed at everyone younger than 18. The city of Tampa got a jump on that last week when it opted for an 11 p.m. curfew for youths 16 or younger, with an extension to midnight on weekends. It is the parents who get punished -- with a warning, the first time their kids are caught. For subsequent offenses, the penalties...
...three but is surely the funniest -- and the most ambisexual. British director David Jones, a longtime collaborator with Pinter, does not mess with the text, but he does point up homosexual undertones, overtones and just plain tones in the relationships among the two old men and two younger ones who purport to be servants but act like thugs. As usual with Pinter, sexual attraction manifests itself in smidgens of affection and buckets of scorn, and the goal of Eros is the adolescent urge to have something to brag about. The sexual linkages, from passion to cuckoldry, get even more complicated...