Word: youngsters
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...image of a newborn baby lying in intensive care in Saginaw, Michigan, 100 miles north of Detroit. The child was born wrapped inside a rare membrane that causes its skin to peel away in gobs, leaving the baby dangerously exposed to infection. Viewing a high-resolution picture of the youngster sent to the hospital and displayed on a PC, Weiss is able to diagnose the condition, known as lamellar ichthyosis, and suggest a treatment. "It was pretty horrendous," he says of the infant's condition. "But we were able to tell them what it was and how to treat...
...turns out, Larson also left behind a children's mini-musical that he co-wrote with composer Bob Golden. Titled Away We Go!, the half-hour songfest--a youngster's travelogue of Manhattan--originally aired on the Learning Channel and has just been released on video. The host of the musical, which is conceived for two- to eight-year-olds, is a shabby-looking puppet named Newt who takes a young boy and girl for taxi, bus and ferry rides throughout the city...
...Dole's choice for the Senate Youth Program, which allows each senator to bring one youngster from his or her state to Washington D.C. for a week. And he was part of a panel of graduates from his high school who met with Dole during his birthday party in Russell a couple of weeks...
...great state of New York gives its college-aged students a real treat each summer. Sandwiched neatly in between the phone bill and "New York Magazine" in the mailbox, many a youngster finds a thin, seemingly innocent envelope from the Clerk of New York County. But this little letter is far from innocent; it is a passport to days of sitting in hot, stuffy rooms with other hot, sweaty people, all in the service of the Commonwealth. Ah, jury duty...
What kind of King might William make? At 14, he is at the age when many boys are trying to decide whether to dye their hair orange or green. But some judgments can be made about him. He is known as an intelligent youngster--he passed the test for Eton, a tough prep school--and he has poise beyond his years. In her Panorama interview, Diana said of her elder son, "That child is a deep thinker." She pointed out that it will be impossible to know for some time how the Waleses' shenanigans have strengthened or warped Wills' character...