Word: youthe
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...century, we must debate and decide issues which will heavily influence the tax burden we will bear and the standard of living we will enjoy. And the questions being discussed are too critical for younger voters not to have a say in them. After all, it is we--the youth of America--who will have to live with the consequences of the decisions we make today...
Unfortunately, however, younger voters are in a poor position to make the impact that is needed to affect our politics and to engineer a positive change for the future. Youth apathy runs at unprecedented highs. The essence of youth activism that was present in the campaigns of candidates such as John Kennedy and Barry Goldwater has given way to the Generation X indifference of today. Younger voters have become unduly cynical and jaded as the idealistic spirit of past campaigns has crumbled. The youth of America believes that there is nothing that they can do to positively change the future...
Indeed, no politician will break his or her back for a constituency that does not volunteer on campaigns, that does not care deeply about the issues involved in campaigns and that does not even bother to vote. The voice of America's youth can and must be heard --but it is going to take a shot in the arm to awaken younger voters from their apathetic coma. This year's election just may be that shot...
...create a unique world and to be recognized for this grand achievement. The film both pants for approval and demands to be approached in awe. Glowing with boyish brazenness, Kane is an inspiration to all who see it, especially filmmakers. Here, it says, is what you can do with youth, a blank check and a little genius. A big genius, that is. The first words on the screen herald him with astounding bravado: "A Mercury production by Orson Welles...
Welles had the star quality of some tribal monster-god. Ten pounds at birth, he just kept growing, especially the head, Churchillian even in youth. But he had more. Before Sinatra, Welles was the Voice: "softly thunderous," Irish actor Micheal Mac Liammoir called it, "like a regretful oboe." Intimate, intimidating, sonorous, it almost mooed with mellowness...