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'Greta': A Young Activist's Moment, Praised and Criticized

Associated Press

   UNITED NATIONS - She stepped onto the biggest of global stages to face
   the most diverse of audiences, and she made it count. "How dare you?"
   she kept saying to some of the world's most powerful people. "You are
   failing us," she told them.

   Sometimes, a moment and a person align. For 16-year-old Greta Thunberg
   -- whether you admire her or dislike her, and there are plenty of
   passionate partisans in both camps -- Monday was that time.
   Climate change is a diffuse topic. And in a society trained to consume
   narratives by movies and TV shows that feature sharp storylines and
   powerful protagonists and antagonists, it can be difficult to focus on
   something so vast and all-encompassing.

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