Word: twentyish
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...battle against a gang of digital thugs, while another gaggle of teenagers gleefully downloads Japanese porn. Off in the corner, Sweetnurse and his friends are also busy online, but they will have much more to show for their efforts. "What would you like to buy today?" inquires Sweetnurse, a twentyish musician who asks to be identified by his nom de Net only. "I just found a card with a $5,000 limit...
...four Afghan refugees who should rule their country, you get four different answers. Ghulan Sarwar, 50, favors the King. Mahmood Ayub, 25, says only the Taliban can maintain peace and proper Islam. He would go and fight for it now if he had food for his family. Twentyish Amanullah is Uzbek and says former President Burhanuddin Rabbani must rule because he is a family relative. Mohammed Daoud, in his 50s, feels betrayed by every leader and trusts no government to bring the peace and safety he yearns for. "Only God," he says, "will ever give us a peaceful Afghanistan...
Angel Angel is told from the alternating points of view of Augusta and her two twentyish sons Mathew and Henry, aimless young men who want to rouse their mother out of her torpor but haven't the emotional strength. It will take an outsider to revive this troubled lot, and she arrives in the form of Bette Mack, a taciturn beauty in pink sneakers as drawn to the Irises as they are to her. Stevens surrounds Bette with an excess of winged imagery to indicate that she is the savior who will lift the Irises from their aggrieved inertia...
...regulars, mostly twentyish to fortyish," adds Ken E. Goodman, manager of the East Coast Grill. "We've got a board in the kitchen with the name of the regulars on it--our star list. We send them free food, we know where they sit, who they are. [Cambridge mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72] is a regular customer--he digs the collard greens. We always send him a free dessert or something just to acknowledge his presence. It's such a small restaurant that I can see everybody from the kitchen...
...anticipation. Two women from New Orleans are congratulating themselves on getting into the show twice in three days (they stood in line for tickets at 7 a.m.). A couple of teenage guys from Orange County are making time with two girls they met in line. A twentyish blond from Los Angeles sings the praises of the young comic she is waiting to see: "He's young, he's hip, he's personable, he's humble. He's just himself -- that's the biggest compliment...