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But the idea that our focus on them should be when we're basically grownups is a little silly, given that we learn languages best when we are much younger than that.

What's The Point Of A Degree In French? 2010

I won't vote since I haven't read Shadow Country but I like the way the debate bares the fundamental question about the difference between books for youth and books for grownups: is there a difference and what is its nature?

Having It Both Ways Roger Sutton 2009

I won't vote since I haven't read Shadow Country but I like the way the debate bares the fundamental question about the difference between books for youth and books for grownups: is there a difference and what is its nature?

Archive 2009-03-01 Roger Sutton 2009

To me, it feels like it all comes down to control, a favored emotion found in grownups dealing with the young.

Archive 2008-10-01 Roger Sutton 2008

To me, it feels like it all comes down to control, a favored emotion found in grownups dealing with the young.

State Birds and Foods of Many Lands Roger Sutton 2008

That's the word grownups use when they don't want to start babbling about 80's commercials.

ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009

As news of all this widespread Wall Street chicanery spread, investors eventually realized that the "grownups" -- rating companies, boards of directors, regulators, and politicians -- had been well-paid to look the other way.

Financial Reform, R.I.P. Laurence Kotlikoff 2010

As news of all this widespread Wall Street chicanery spread, investors eventually realized that the "grownups" -- rating companies, boards of directors, regulators, and politicians -- had been well-paid to look the other way.

RealClearPolitics - Homepage Kotlikoff 2010

While thinking about a well-known story found in many spiritual traditions, I had an insight about innocence and wisdom that very much pertains to the so-called grownups among us.

Levi Ben-Shmuel: Reclaiming the Wisdom of Innocence Levi Ben-Shmuel 2010

The grownups are the voters, who -- lamely, in the mind of the political class -- are troubled by the war, the economy and boring stuff like that.

Marty Kaplan: Where Is the League of Women Voters When We Need Them? 2008