Word: 1960s
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hutton, executive director of the National Council of Senior Citizens, criticized the report for not mentioning the "millions of older people now hovering just above the poverty level." Said Cyril Brickfield, executive director of the 18 million-member American Association of Retired Persons: "If it was misleading in the 1960s to infer that all older persons were living in poverty, it is equally misleading today to imply they are generally affluent and living well...
Gran Pajaten had long been the subject of legend when, in the 1960s, a group of archaeologists managed to locate and partly explore it. The 8,600-ft.-high site was eventually abandoned, however, in favor of more accessible and hospitable digs. That decision may now prove a boon to the University of Colorado; the school has reached an exclusive five-year agreement with Peru to excavate the ruins and study the surrounding area. And because Gran Pajaten's remote location has been a deterrent to looters as well as scientists, most of the artifacts are expected...
...population had dwindled from 5,000 in the 1880s to 500 in the late 1960s, when political activists and dropouts looking for a Rocky Mountain high started moving in. Native Elvira Wunderlich, 70, remembers the hippies as "just a bunch of trust funders and freeloaders." But the newcomers brought along their political savvy and quickly commandeered the town council from the locals, known as the elks (because of their frequent meetings at the Elks Club). Says former Mayor Jerry Rosenfeld, 44, a Denver dropout from the Eugene McCarthy campaign: "We were going to build a utopia here...
...adopted a pragmatic approach to promoting long-term self-sufficiency in 60 developing nations. While most of the volunteers 20 years ago were young, liberal-arts-educated generalists, the Peace Corps now attracts specialists in forestry, agriculture, health and engineering. The median age has risen from 23 in the 1960s to 28 today. Volunteers make an average of $215 a month plus expenses during the usual two years of service. The total number of volunteers has remained at about 5,500 since 1981, far below the peak of 15,550 in 1966, but interest in the agency is picking...
...mood of the nation, too, is distinctly undemocratic. A successful democracy must trust the common man. But do we trust ourselves? Of course not. The questioning of the 1960s have left America with a highly critical self-perception. I'm not OK; neither...