Word: youngsters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...forced or persuaded to perform sexually in front of a camera. Said White: "It has been found that sexually exploited children are unable to develop healthy affectionate relationships in later life, have sexual dysfunctions and have a tendency to become sexual abusers as adults." He also noted that a youngster is unable to prevent the invasion of his privacy that occurs each time the film or book is viewed. (No such invasion occurred at the court during consideration of this case; the Justices concluded that they could rule without studying Ferber's films...
...Rowley, a deaf girl about to enter fifth grade in Peekskill, N.Y., the 6-to-3 ruling means that she will not get the $15,000-a-year sign language interpreter she sought. Rehnquist noted that even without such help, the youngster reads lips well enough and has sufficient assistance to do above-average work. For the more than 4 million other children protected by the 1975 law, the ramifications are unclear. Their advocates are generally relieved that the court left intact the statute's fundamental safeguards. They are fearful, however, that the decision's language leaves room...
...often the case, an overly protective and pushy father was behind the youngster's fanaticism. Papa Silverstein wanted a big hunk of a son, and that's wanted a big hunk of a son, and that's what he saw in the size-three cleats inhabited by skinny Doug...
...bulky youngster rounded second the outfielder straightened up and heaved the ball into the jungle gym beyond third base. There would clearly be no play but Thompson interpreted his coach's agitation to mean that drastic action was necessary. He lowered his shoulder and headed directly for Silverstein, who was jumping up and down, his back to the action screaming for the throw from a non-existent back...
Silverstien Senior, no lightweight himself, reached the third base foul line at about the same time Donald Thompson hit the bag and just as his older brother in the leather jacket noticed what was going on from the other grandstand. The concerned parent grabbed the hefty youngster ignoring his own prostrate offspring; and began shaking the kid furiously by the shoulders, shouting something about dirty tactics and violence...