Word: youngsters
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...Youngster...
...approximately 1,000 articles on the MMPI discussed its impact on blacks, and those four were confined to criminal and psychiatric populations. The test also needs better adaptation to the psychology of adolescence. For almost 40 years, some psychologists have noted that the MMPI profile of the normal youngster temporarily caught in adolescent turmoil is similar to that of the adult psychopath...
...undergraduate. One eager junior, preparing to write a paper on relations between the U.S. and China, asked for an appointment with Ross Terrill, then director of Harvard's East Asian Studies programs. After a long delay (standard heel cooling for an interview, claims one source, is two weeks), the youngster got in to ask advice. "Rather a waste of our time," said Terrill brusquely. "Why don't you read my congressional testimony?" The student did and wrote so well that his paper was sent to the State Department for study...
...would not lie." Greenfield is Jewish, and Little Sun grew up in Spokane, where he attends a Conservative synagogue. The wild western tale apparently interested officials of El Al Airlines enough to fly Little Sun over for free, and Israeli President Chaim Herzog met with the youngster. Will he become a chief when he grows up? Well, said his mother, "he wants to be a rabbi." Funny, he looks Siouxish...
These plans carry a double whammy. The child, when grown, has to attend that school, although Duquesne, Detroit and Canisius allow transfers, with tuithon credit, after one or two years. And if the youngster balks or fails to qualify for admission, parents are refunded only their initial payment, without interest...