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Ellwood said because of the aging Baby Boom population, the number of native-born working adults aged 25-54 in 20 years will be no different than it is now. In addition, the number of children per household has decreased with the advent of reliable birth control in the 1960s, Ellwood said...
Ever since the advent of skateboarding in the 1960s and '70s, the sport has been identified with daredevil adolescent boys. But the face of the game is changing. Look closelyunder that helmet might be your daughter, sister or even mother. There were 1.9 million women skateboarders last year, according to the National Sporting Goods Association, an increase of more than 25% since 1999. And studies by research firm Board-Trac found that in 2002, 26% of all skateboarders were female, up from just 7.5% in 2001. Skateboard manufacturers are catering to the new rollers. Elements is releasing a new signature...
...understandable but no less ironic twist of fate, the advent of effective anti-HIV drugs has lulled people at all levels of society into dropping their guard against HIV--just as it did in the U.S. and other countries. "This government has done a good job on treatment and care," says Dr. Praphan Phanupak of the Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. "But they have to get back into prevention. There needs to be a balance [between treatment and prevention] if you want to contain this virus...
...they were towed onto waves by jet skis at speeds of about 40 m.p.h., with top speeds reaching 65 m.p.h. "That just pushed it over the top, allowing us to virtually ride anything the ocean could produce," says Hamilton. Soon other surfers began copying his tow-in technique. "The advent of tow-in surfing has expanded everyone's concept of what is possible, to the point now where big-wave surfing is almost unrecognizable compared to 10 years ago," says Surfer magazine's George...
...understandable but no less ironic twist of fate, the advent of effective anti-HIV drugs has lulled folks at all levels of society into dropping their guard against HIV-just as it did in the U.S. and other countries. "This government has done a good job on treatment and care," says Dr. Praphan Phanupak of Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. "But they have to get back into prevention. There needs to be a balance [between treatment and prevention] if you want to contain this virus...