Word: youthe
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...coup that deposed Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991, when soldiers began arriving in trucks to round up suspected supporters of the exiled President. They hunted in particular for a group of 65 young men who were organizing a peasant co-op. Desperate not to lose the best of its youth, the community elected to pour its savings, its hopes and its most promising citizens into a single boat to America. Selling everything but their beds, the town cobbled together $1,650 and persuaded its wealthiest resident, who runs the local numbers game, to "buy" a 30-ft. sloop from police...
Greenidge said he hopes the youth center will become "a focal point of the community for the youth...
Marshall said the Youth Action Committee is already planning events like a basketball and volleyball tournament and camping trips...
Greenidge said about 1,000 young people live in the area. Before, they used smaller, temporary youth centers located in area schools...
Members of Carpenters' Local 40 handed out leaflets at the event, calling it "bad news" that the youth center was built by Tocci Building Corp, a non-union contractor that the union said "undermines standards for working people in the area...