" The Ambitious Generation: America's Teenagers, Motivated But Directionless", by Barbara Schneider and David Stevenson, Yale University Press, 1999.

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Chelsea also looked directionless, with John Terry appearing to have more influence on the team talk before extra-time than Grant.

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Anderson died in a plane crash in 1990, leaving the group directionless.

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"Restless, directionless youth agonize over the fruitlessness of their existence, " she said.

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Yes, Biogen had evolved into a directionless bureaucracy, but Scangos had a hunch that the soul of those early days was still in there, somewhere.

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In making this judgment, they may not be including in their calculus some essential qualities that can make all of the difference between a smooth and successful transition and a short-lived, rocky tenure that leaves the organization drifting and directionless.

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There do seem to be many young adults who are enormously smart and knowledgeable but directionless, who are enthusiastic and exuberant but unable to commit to a particular kind of work or a particular love until well into their 20s or 30s.

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