youthful

A youthful Muslim socialist born in Africa had toppled a political dynasty, as he told his supporters on election night, and overcome the united opposition of nearly the entire political mainstream.

Those who had marched off to war with youthful idealism and energy return home calloused, maybe wiser, but cynical.

It makes you think of Eugene O’Neill, who said that he learned most of what he learned about the theater in his youthful days around his father’s company.

At the beer garden in Queens, Arnold Kim, 64 and still recovering from a recent hip replacement, ambled from his nearby apartment to witness the youthful celebration first hand.

Abroad, he was admired for his youthful charm and the symbolic break he represented from traditional politics.