There are also Noh masks to represent youngsters or old men.

They represent the twin extremes of contemporary South American football - veterans winding down and youngsters on the way up.

Most recently she represented youngsters in child-abuse and child-advocacy cases.

The authorities have even closed down RADA, which represents youngsters from Belarus in the European Youth Forum.

Galen D. Kirkland, the executive director of Advocates for Children, a Brooklyn group that represents youngsters with learning disabilities, said he feared that private contractors would be under pressure to remove more students from special-education classes, even some who desperately needed them.