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  • A: In the age group of 25- to 35-year-olds, which is a prized demographic for the housing business, you're going to be saddled with a lot more debt than you would have a decade ago coming out of college.

    News - chicagotribune.com Mary Umberger 2012

  • For example, in 2008 while two thirds of the over-sixty-fives believe that homosexual acts are “always wrong,” that opinion is shared by only 46 percent of 18–34-year-olds with 35–49- and 50–64-year-olds falling in between.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • It was one that might have been a little mature for some 7-year-olds, but we've been reading novels for so long already that I didn't give it a second thought.

    Maggie Lamond Simone: Why Mommy Doesn't Drink Maggie Lamond Simone 2011

  • Colleges have been helped greatly by a blip in the birth rate 20 or so years ago, which meant there were three million more 18-to-24-year-olds in the population.

    Jeff Selingo: The Value Gap Jeff Selingo 2012

  • It was one that might have been a little mature for some 7-year-olds, but we've been reading novels for so long already that I didn't give it a second thought.

    Maggie Lamond Simone: Why Mommy Doesn't Drink Maggie Lamond Simone 2011

  • It was one that might have been a little mature for some 7-year-olds, but we've been reading novels for so long already that I didn't give it a second thought.

    Maggie Lamond Simone: Why Mommy Doesn't Drink Maggie Lamond Simone 2011

  • A study of education systems in 60 countries ranks the United States 31st in math achievement and 23rd in science achievement for 15-year-olds.

    Marian Wright Edelman: Cuts in Education: A Failing Choice Marian Wright Edelman 2011

  • We're planning more of these types of events to ensure that 18-year-olds learn that civic participation is a part of taking control of one's future because numbers alone won't give us power and influence.

    Maria Teresa Kumar: Latinos Building Power, Shaping America's Future Maria Teresa Kumar 2011

  • The United States ranks 24th among 30 developed countries in overall educational achievement for 15-year-olds.

    Marian Wright Edelman: Cuts in Education: A Failing Choice Marian Wright Edelman 2011

  • We're planning more of these types of events to ensure that 18-year-olds learn that civic participation is a part of taking control of one's future because numbers alone won't give us power and influence.

    Maria Teresa Kumar: Latinos Building Power, Shaping America's Future Maria Teresa Kumar 2011

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