Word: younger
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...also discussed the necessity for younger generations to understand life in America before the Civil Rights era, commenting on the great disparity between the opportunities he had growing up versus those of his older brother, Paul “Rocky” Gates...
...government responds to that pressure in some intriguing ways. It insists that primary-school teachers in math and science have degrees in those subjects. (Less than half of eighth-grade math teachers in the U.S. majored in math.) There is a "master teacher" program nationwide that provides mentoring for younger teachers. Zhang Dianzhou, a professor emeritus of mathematics at East China Normal University in Shanghai who co-chaired a committee charged with redesigning high school mathematics programs across the country, says recent changes have begun to reflect more of a "real-world emphasis." Computer-science courses, for example, have been...
...original unknown soldier buried at Arlington in 1921 was among four who had previously been interred in France. Once the caskets were exhumed, Sergeant Edward F. Younger, a decorated officer, walked around them several times and arbitrarily chose one of the four by placing a handful of white roses upon its top. The coffin lies in a tomb adorned with the phrase, "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God." In subsequent wars - including World War II, Korea and Vietnam - a solitary unidentified soldier was selected to be honored with an Arlington burial. Other nations have...
...Elmo always deliberately going to be younger? Actually, even when Brian performed him it was this whispery little voice. And then Richard did it, and then he gave him to me. This was one of those lucky days that I was in the Muppeteer greenroom by myself, and he threw it to me and he said, "Come up with a voice." And I said [in Elmo's voice], "Hi everybody, it's Elmo!" and he said, "O.K., fine." (See the top 10 Sesame Street moments...
After that group has been immunized, the parents of children younger than six months and healthcare workers will be administered the vaccine next...