Word: younger
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...mention the Bradley effect without also alluding to a more modern, and possibly more significant, effect: the cell-phone effect. Polling is done by telephone to land-line customers. Surveys don't reach those who have abandoned land lines for cell phones - voters who are by and large younger and less prejudiced. While Bradley-effect voters may lean Republican, the unsurveyed cell-phone-effect voters will be leaning, and voting, Democratic. Chris Chrisman, Los Angeles
...Many parents go abroad hoping to finance a better future for their children. The country's public schools are overcrowded and underfunded, and that's not likely to change anytime soon. The Philippines' young population - over 35% of the nation is 14 or younger - is on track to double between 2000 and 2030, sending tens of millions more into the workforce. With some 30% of the population stuck in poverty and 7.4% without jobs despite the nation's steady economic growth, Filipinos see few opportunities at home. Isabel Pedrosa, who lives in a village near Mabini and whose 20-year...
...that features three mute guys with earless, sticky blue heads, homemade instruments and a lot of crepe paper, chose a wholly original second act. They started a school. The Blue School, as it's known, opened its doors in September to 61 New York City kids kindergarten age or younger. It plans to offer first grade next year and grow all the way to fifth grade. (Watch TIME's Blue School video...
...have our five or six [wrestlers] that can go against anybody, but we’ll need younger guys to step into holes and believe in themselves,” Weiss said. “Our studs will carry us a certain way, but like when we won [the Ivy title] in ’01, it’s the unsung heroes who need to come through...
...Nebraska legislature is meeting to change the safe haven law so that it only applies to babies younger than 3 days old. How soon will that change occur? As soon as the governor signs the bill it will immediately become law and go into effect. The soonest it will happen will be November 21, one week after the session convenes. At that point, if a person leaves a child who is outside the age limit, then that person can be criminally prosecuted for the abandonment of that child...