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...Economics alone, however, can’t possibly explain why there seems to be a societal aversion to growing older. After all, it’s a preference that long predates the advent of the “invisible hand”: how many fables are structured around the foolishness of mortals grasping at immortality? There’s just something about being young that makes us seem one step farther away from the inevitable, that makes us to appear—however irrational that belief might be—to have that much more time left. Modern society...
...Golden Age of comics was inaugurated with the release of Action Comics #1, the seminal book that introduced Superman and the notion of the superhero comic book to the world. In an era that pre-dated the advent of television, comics provided readers with a colorful and engaging form of escapism, using a combination of vibrant art and fantastic stories to bring the adventures of larger-than-life heroes and dastardly villains to life. Marked by the trademark use of word balloons (often filled with colorful word-sounds like “Pow!”, “Blam...
...kids ate only fruits and veggies in the 1960s. But other popular snacks of that era were less processed, according to Popkin. "The biggest shift is away from milk and toward soft drinks," he says. Other particularly noteworthy changes include a jump in salty snacks and the advent of "high-energy" bars that deliver, along with their vitamins, a concentrated dose of calories...
...noted with a tone of regret that with the advent of technology and with the transition from traditional writing brushes to western pens, the traditional art of Chinese calligraphy is disappearing...
...start to adjust somewhere that I speak to myself in the language of that place." Rubbens belongs to a distinct class of young Europeans: mobile, multilingual professionals who live, work and play outside their native countries and who bounce across borders - for business or pleasure. To be sure, the advent of such transplants is far from widespread: in 1999, fewer than 2% of E.U. citizens aged 21 to 35 worked in other E.U. countries. But those who do find their sense of belonging transformed. Swiss-born Alexandre Stucki, 28, a European equities fund manager in London, travels twice a week...