Word: youngsters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Consumers are left out of the consensus, and they are becoming restless. Workers strike for giant wage increases-an average 15% this year-that aggravate inflation. Labor unrest is an ominous sign of discontent, for workers have also had their guaranteed place in the semifeudal industrial system. When a youngster fresh out of high school signs on with a company, both parties understand that he will stay on until retirement...
...George Lefferts accepted his Emmy for producing Teacher, Teacher, NBC's touching drama about a mentally retarded child. He then turned and roundly scored the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for slighting 14-year-old Billy Shulman, the retarded youngster who had been nominated as Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role for his part on the show. The Academy had dropped the category altogether, instead gave Billy a special plaque. > The Dick Cavett Show, dropped by ABC from its morning listings because of low ratings (see following story), was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Programming Achievement...
Late last night, a sharp-eyed local youngster claimed that Truman was in Independence. The youth reported that he had seen Truman practicing short bows in front of his bedroom mirror, repeating "Thank you, Mr. Pusey, thank you. Give 'em hell...
While at John A. Johnson High School, Burger played the cornet and bugle, tried out for football, track, swimming, hockey and tennis. The busy youngster ran the student court as well. In that capacity he tried to bring charges against one teacher suspected of peeping into the girls' locker room. Burger's court was denied jurisdiction...
White Americans not only misunderstand these cultural traits but are frequently annoyed by them-the volume of Negro voices, for example, which are often loud and boisterous because blacks are frequently less inhibited in public than whites. If a Negro youngster responds to a white teacher's scolding with a "Tsk, tsk," she will probably assume that the child is perhaps a little bit contrite. The black teacher, on the other hand, is more likely to recognize tongue clicking-possibly another African habit-as a sign of a youngster's deep resentment...