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...suppose there’s nothing inherently wrong with adulthood. What troubles me is—and please forgive me my generalizations—the danger of our passing directly from sober childhood to sober adulthood. What troubles me is the danger of our being too intent on someday sowing grass seed in our front yards in Greenwich, Connecticut, to ever sow any wild oats. It is not our precocious adulthood that troubles me so much as our precocious yuppiedom...
...terrorism and the SARS epidemic helped bring our multicultural society together. We found courage. Now there is more emphasis on emotional intelligence and creativity. The concepts of entrepreneurship, meritocracy and pragmatism are changing society. As Singapore celebrates 38 years of nationhood, we are moving beyond youthful exuberance to young adulthood. Pattamuckil John Johney Singapore...
...full house this Sabbath evening at Temple Israel in New Rochelle, N.Y., and Weiss's proud family is in the third pew. In minutes she will be called to the Torah to chant from the sixth chapter of the Book of Numbers, her rite of passage into full Jewish adulthood. One is tempted to say, "Today Elaine Weiss is a woman," except that she has been one a while: she is 62. Nearby sit five other Temple Israel Bat Mitzvah girls (and a Bar Mitzvah boy), ranging from their 30s to their 70s. Today they are...happy...
Embracing adulthood also meant ditching the supervision of her parents. Mathew Knowles famously quit his job as a medical-equipment salesman in 1995 to manage the teen Destiny's Child, and Tina Knowles, a former hairstylist, designed the group's look. Both still work full time on their daughter's career, and during the two weeks a year when she's not traveling or touring, Beyonce lives in her parents' Houston home. To make Dangerously in Love, however, she left the nest and took up residence for several months in a Miami hotel. "The last Destiny's Child album...
...youngster, Duncan collected comic books like The Fantastic Four, and his fascination with superheroes and action stars has continued into adulthood. His new home in San Antonio is filled with a collection of replica knives from the action and kung fu movies that he loves, like "Blade." He proudly sports two big tattoos on his torso: depictions of Merlin the Wizard and a Joker. Like many pro athletes, he's superstitious - he wears his practice shorts backwards - and loves to play video games like John Madden Football...