Word: younger
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...early 2007, having lost his first campaign, Gunn wasn't quite sure what to do. A University of South Carolina graduate and former Gamecocks offensive lineman, he had been involved with community development for the previous decade. And since his younger brother Cherone was killed in the U.S.S. Cole bombing in 2000, Gunn had become even more devoted to public service. Then, returning from a trip to Washington, he wandered into a bookstore at Reagan National Airport and saw a copy of Obama's second book, The Audacity of Hope. He'd heard Obama's name bandied about with those...
...Vermont Legalize It? College presidents from nearly 100 U.S. universities, including Duke, Tufts and Texas A&M, have signed a petition to lower the national drinking age, saying current laws encourage a culture of clandestine binge-drinking among students younger than 21. Known as the Amethyst Initiative, the coalition plans to run national ads calling for a debate among lawmakers. Members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, however, say lowering the drinking age would only lead to more fatal car accidents...
Figures like Jackson and Wright have invested a lifetime in the politics of black identity. Obama's success, whether it culminates in the White House or not, signals the passing of their era. So it is no wonder that younger voters have been key to his candidacy. Having grown up in the era of Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Tiger Woods and, yes, Henry Louis Gates Jr., they are better able to credit Obama's thesis that "there's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America...
...know, but I've taken the advice of my younger friends and tried streaming my own consciousness on the site. Over a 24-hour period I noticed a pattern. The thoughts going through my mind were: "What's for lunch?" and "Deciding what to have for dinner..." and "I'm hungry." Welcome to the mind of one 42-year-old California male...
...Sports like BMX are the future of the Games, to the chagrin of some traditionalists. The Olympics are trying to get younger and hipper. Over the past decade, the Winter Olympics have cashed in on the action-sports craze captivating the young demo. With interest sparked by ESPN's surprisingly popular X-Games, snowboarders and freestyle skiers have snatched medals and, more important, ratings points. How mainstream have action sports become? Snowboarder Shaun "The Flying Tomato" White, poster boy of the '06 Torino Games, is now a pitchman for American Express...