Word: younger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...worried, but I understand the background. I can imagine that if I were younger and saw what has happened to the Arab homeland, I might find myself part of this movement. With the enthusiasm of youth, I would judge things hastily. I would see that the Arabs are downtrodden, that their land is occupied, that the Israelis appear victorious. Therefore young people have come to the conclusion that Islam is their salvation. The majority ((of Arab leaders)) are aware of this reality, but they don't talk about it. Sadat visited me before he went to Jerusalem. I advised...
Christine C. Morgan, the younger sister of Elizabeth G. Morgan '95, was hit from behind when the officers advanced into a crowd gathered around a barbecue just outside the stadium...
...dirty little secret of the VCR age is that almost nobody can work the darn thing -- at least for anything besides plunking in a movie from the corner video store. Much of the befuddlement, understandably, afflicts older folks who have never really cottoned to the computer age. But many younger, technology-savvy people also seem utterly defeated by the maze of buttons and pages of instructions. Authoritative statistics are not available, but estimates are that as many as 80% of all VCR owners have never learned how to set their machines to record a program...
...last year was sentenced to four to 12 years for killing his stepfather. Neighbors in Vestal, New York, sometimes called the police when the screams grew too loud from the beatings -- with a paddle, a belt and a two-by-four -- that Roy's stepfather gave him, his younger sister and brother, and his mother. Teachers reported their suspicions of abuse; relatives tried to intervene. But each time, police officers and social workers left the children in the home. On his 17th birthday, Roy shot and killed his stepfather on their front porch as he came home from work...
...used to go to The Game with my father and brother and some friends when I was younger. I remember one game, over at Yale. It was bitterly cold--like 20 below with the wind chill. But the guys were out there and playing strong, and I just remembered thinking how great it was. So I'm psyched to be a part of it." --Captain Robb Hirsch, senior halfback