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Old people are always saying that the young people are not【C1】______they were. The same comment is【C2】______from generation to generation and it is always【C3】______. It has never been truer than it is today. The young are better educated. They have a lot more money to spend and enjoy【C4】______freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so【C5】______on their parents. Events which the older generation remember vividly are【C6】______more than past history. This is as it should be. Every new generation is【C7】______from the one that preceded it. Today the difference is very marked indeed. The old always assume that they know best for the simple【C8】______that they have been【C9】______a bit longer. They don't like to feel that their values are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the【C10】______are doing. They are questioning the【C11】______of their elders and disturbing their complacency. They take leave to【C12】______that the older generation has created the best of all possible worlds. What they reject more than【C13】______is conformity. Office hours, for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery. Wouldn't people work best if they were given complete freedom and【C14】______? And what【C15】______the clothing? Who said that all the men in the world should【C16】______drab grey suits? If we turn our【C17】______to more serious matters, who said that human differences can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent means? Why have the older generation so often used【C18】______to solve their problems? Why are they so unhappy and guilt-ridden in their personal lives, so obsessed with mean ambitions and the desire to amass more and more 【C19】______possessions? Can anything be right with the retrace? Haven't the old lost【C20】______with all that is important in life?