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...addition to its youth, the Crimson also has to contend with a change in its overall offensive attack, brought about by the installation of Toro as the new setter...
Worst of all is the absence of a role model. These homeless young people are simply growing up within the problem. Though such statistics are not yet available, many experts predict that this generation of homeless youth will serve as a solid base of homeless adults for years to come...
Exploring blighted U.S. neighborhoods, especially in Los Angeles and Chicago, posed both physical and emotional challenges for our correspondents. Notes Los Angeles-based Jon Hull: "For trespassers armed with only pen and paper, the scrutiny of the resident youth gang can be nearly unbearable. I passed through a gauntlet of youths with a pounding heart." His apprehension soon gave way to sadness. "While most Americans make a point of avoiding the bad side of town, those within dream of one day escaping. My depressing conclusion was that few will succeed...
...problems facing black America's impoverished youth, however, cannot be solved simply by more Government spending. Black leaders are becoming increasingly outspoken about the need to confront the problem within the community. In cities around the country, programs run by such groups as the Urban League and the N.A.A.C.P. and by neighborhood activists are seeking to promote job training, education and stable families. "We have to get these young males to understand the responsibilities that go along with fathering a child," says Mary Frances Berry, a veteran civil rights leader. "We have to make that the issue to highlight...
...Mantle teetered for years on the edge of a serious drinking problem, and his legendary late nights were not a mere innocent exuberance of youth," says Gould...