Word: youthe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exhorts those from their 20s to their 40s to trade up from dreary materialism to exhilarating activism. "The cynics believe that my generation has forgotten," he says in one of his stump speeches. "They believe that the ideals and compassion and conviction to change the world that marked our youth is now nothing but a long-faded wisp of adolescence . . . But they have misjudged us." By no coincidence, the group that he implores "to put our own stamp on the face and character of America, to bend history just a bit" makes up an estimated 58% of next year...
...party's foremost orators suffered severely with a stutter in his youth. In freshman Latin class at a Catholic high school, recitation was particularly difficult for young Joe. "Jimmy O'Neill, a great prankster, hung me with the nickname Impedimenta, Biden recalls. "I was the impediment." Over the next few years, the youngster shook his affliction. "I forced myself. I memorized passages and practiced a cadence." Despite the speech problem, Biden had the good looks and sincere geniality that won friends. "I always knew I had the ability to persuade people," he recalls...
...have the talent to back up its boast. "I know that country music is going out to a lot of kids," Travis says. "You see a lot of teenagers and even little kids who know the words to the songs." There still may not be an overabundance of youth at a typical country concert, but the music in the Nashville air has a youthful flair that embraces and reconciles the roots rock of Steve Earle, the delicate harmonies of the Judds, the lively lyrical byplay of the O'Kanes...
...Bright Lights, Big City, chronicled the downward spiral of an unnamed young writer who delves into New York City's nightclub netherworld with the help of his fast-talking best friend, Tad Allagash. Next year Ellis' Less than Zero caused a publishing sensation with its stark portrayal of sybaritic youth in suburban Los Angeles. Both writers' books are currently being made into major motion pictures. And both writers are slated to come out with new novels within the year. So did Ellis' plans to move to Gotham cause any uptightness between the two? Relax, man. "I got tired of people...
...also demonstrate subtlety of craft, power of language and insight into character -- and probably must reach beyond his immediate context into other realms of the real world or imagination. Significantly, after the autobiographical catharsis of 'Master Harold' . . . and the Boys (1982), which reflected his formative bond as a white youth with a black father figure, Fugard has moved into brave new territory...