Word: younger
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Bush's slowness in addressing both the recession and the long-term trends that threaten the nation's well-being, along with the G.O.P.'s emphasis on social conservatism, helped Clinton capture two groups: women and younger voters. In most elections, women are likelier than men to vote for the more liberal candidate, and they feel more vulnerable in hard times. Four years ago, when the country felt confident, Bush managed only a statistical tie among female voters and won his majority from men. This week Bush trailed narrowly among men but lost by a decisive 11 percentage points among...
...important ingredient of the Reagan-Bush reign in the 1980s was the Republicans' ability to woo younger voters. Ronald Reagan's optimistic aura appealed to twentysomethings, who previously tended to support Democrats. Bush retained that support in 1988 by a narrow margin and did even better among slightly older baby boomers. This year Clinton ran ahead of Bush in every age group, but his largest margin was among those between 18 and 24. One reason was Clinton's limber courtship of the young in show-biz terms -- playing his sax on the Arsenio Hall show, for instance, and featuring rock...
Some are worried that Clinton has distanced himself from the traditional black leadership. They see that he has been less than intimate with the grand, grizzled heads of the civil rights Establishment. In fact, his closest ties are with a younger, and no less impassioned, generation of black leaders, such as California Congresswoman Maxine Waters; Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Emanuel Cleaver; Chicago alderman Bobby Rush; and New York City Deputy Mayor Bill Lynch Jr. It seems to have dawned on Clinton, as it has dawned on few white politicians, that 30 million African Americans do not speak with a single...
...younger generation, Zakaria said, are better equipped to deal with new issues in foreign policy...
Aranson's anger and intensity is believable, and his powerful voice overshadows the two younger actors. The character's compassion and occasional pangs of guilt are never realized, however. Leonard and Walker also have problems showing any sort of emotion other than apathy and disgust...