But is the experience of adolescence – defined as the period after childhood, from puberty to maturity – any tougher now than it was for previous generations?
More than two-thirds of $34 billion in troubled bank loans to Dubai Inc has now been restructured on tough terms: on average, maturities were stretched out by five years and interest rates cut to 2%.The decision to target the banks reflects the fact that they were less likely to walk away than bondholders.
Earlier, Mr. Rupel told reporters Slovenia had passed a "very tough test" of its democratic maturity and would now have to meet the difficult tasks of adapting its economic, military and social systems to European standards.
"Changing course isn't going to have a detrimental impact on your career and what you choose to do after university," says Hartley. "It can even be a positive thing to demonstrate to an employer showing your maturity about making tough and important decisions".
This month, Gov. Gray Davis of California signed a law raising the eligible age for kindergarten to 5 from 4 1/2, saying that tougher state standards demand more maturity.
In a tough hiring market, teams with execution maturity at an enterprise level make perfect sense.
Ophiocordycipitaceae differs from the Cordycipitaceae as circumscribed by Sung et al. (2007a) mainly in having dark, tough, fibrous to pliant stromata at maturity.
However, MDR650 (PI 355520) possesses the three major traits of the domesticated einkorn wheat: larger and plumper seeds, a tough rachis preventing spikelets falling apart at maturity, and relatively easy threshing.
The 2014 Formula One world champion and BBC Sports Personality of the Year believes his new-found maturity helped him ride out the tough times in his duel with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg and ultimately allowed him to claim his second crown.
In maturity, the surface is fibrous and tough, scaly and jagged, grayish-brown in the upper part of the cap, and somewhat woody.
