Word: youngsters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prep school the youngster was the model over-achieving crown prince. He excelled both in the classroom and on the playing field. While trying to secure a starter's place on the football team, he played one quarter with a fractured arm. Eventually he became the team's captain and won letters in three other sports. But although he grew up affluent, Darman also felt the influence of his mother Eleanor, a liberal involved in medical social service. Later Darman mused that he "bumbled" into government work as a means of bridging his father's and mother's impulses...
...give into sensitivity is a sign of being a conformist, lacking a free mind. In this respect, it is the difference between All in the Family and Family Ties--the hip youngster now makes fun of the sensitive male...
...That on Television assault one another with gag lines rather than food, but get drenched with a bucket of green slime every time they utter the phrase "I don't know." The action on Kids' Court is only slightly more decorous. On one show a youngster stood accused of taking his brother's water pistol and hiding it in the oven, where it melted. To help re-create the crime, the TV defendant grabbed a replica of the gun and raced around the studio squirting the audience...
Receivers: A youngster handles the receiving end of the Bruins' passing game. Sophomore Mike Geroux has caught 10 passes for 191 yards. His longest catch went for 44 yards. Tight end Matt Merrick (16 catches for 169 yards) is Brown's possession receiver. Badalato (eight catches for 58 yards) is the Bruin's third-leading receiver...
...mile, two miles, five miles. He came home stunned. "How'd it go?" his dad asked. "It flew five miles," said young Kruse. "That's crazy," the father declared. "Where'd you launch it, where'd it land?" Kruse told him. The father fell silent, stared at the youngster, then responded in awed tones, "That's five miles." Kruse has tutored so many Kansas kids in the fine art of modeling that he has lost count. He now writes a column for Flying Models, a leading journal for enthusiasts...