To survive a ruthless winnowing—to go from one of about 16,000 high-school quarterbacks each year to one of the 10 good ones in the NFL to one of the three or so each generation who earn the Hall of Fame’s gold jacket—hones certain traits within them and strips others away.
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Seth Wickersham,
The Atlantic,
8 Sep. 2025
The Kremlin claims these soldiers are mercenaries — a label that immediately strips them of their combatant rights, protection under international humanitarian law and prisoner-of-war status.
Such heavy use exposes teens to a cascade of risks, with mental health impacts topping the list.
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Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Castles made of sand Wednesday’s discovery exposes a key weakness of the public key infrastructure that’s responsible for ensuring trust of the entire Internet.
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