Word: youngsters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What should an outsider do when a child reveals, however obliquely or mutedly, that his parents are abusive? First, say counselors, the trusted adult should believe the child; youngsters rarely invent such stories. The adult should tell the child that this is not a secret that must be kept, then try to determine if it is safe for the youngster to return home. The adult can confront the offender, warn someone else in the family, or seek outside professional help. Most large communities have child-protection agencies, community mental-health centers, a children's hospital and police departments with...
Bond's chief designer is Ben Lexcen, 47, who as a youngster in the small town of Boggabri in eastern Australia built such superior model racing sailboats that he had to give some away to keep his friends interested in competing. He gives nothing away now. Lexcen spent months in The Netherlands tank-testing eight different 25-ft. model hulls in secrecy to prevent the Americans from learning about his new keel. Indeed, reports surfaced last week that the Americans tried unsuccessfully to get the Dutch to reveal details of the design. Lexcen snaps: "They would flash...
...parents spoke Spanish, and as a youngster he says he was "bothered by prejudice against those with slightly darker skins and Spanish accents." That same prejudice, he says, led to neglect of Central America politically, and now "we have to play catch-up ball...
...whose Philadelphia-based architecture and planning firm hired four teen-age boys interested in the building trades. Says Fred Kleisner of the Greater Washington (D.C.) Board of Trade: "What it tells the private sector is that the Federal Government is willing to give them an incentive to put a youngster to work this summer for the price per hour of a cup of coffee...
...show's star (Finola Hughes). Tony gets the job because, as the musical's choreographer tells him, "you have anger and a certain intensity. And that's what I need to make this show work." Sure enough, by opening night Tony has the starring role. The youngster impulsively turns the final duet into a solo and comes back a star...