Word: agee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shoes, biofeedback machines and ionizers, lore on herbology, kinesiology, esoteric breathing techniques, and organic sprouts from an outfit called Pinch of Love in Athens, Me. Mountains of books, too, by the star speakers and other luminaries. Sample titles: Stories the Feet Have Told Thru Reflexology, Rebirthing in the New Age. Here, in a continual flea-market atmosphere peopled by folks who say "head" when they mean "mind" and "I feel" when they mean "I mean," are posters, pamphlets and sleek brochures promising still other shindigs where the secret of life may be gleaned...
...some places, liquor laws are being tightened. Montana voters decided that wine could be sold in grocery stores, along with beer, but they also raised the drinking age to 19, though they had dropped it from 19 to 18 in 1975 (reasoning that if young people could vote at that age, they could also be trusted to drink). Explains Tom Mulholland, a state liquor official: "The age for underage kids trying to get served went down. They used to be 16 and 17. Now they...
...same reasons, New Jersey, which lowered its drinking age to 18 in 1972, may also raise it: the state senate has voted to push the minimum age up to 19. Concern about youthful boozing is similarly an issue in Massachusetts, which went to 18 in 1973. Bay State legislators voted to go to 19 last July, but then-Governor Michael Dukakis refused to sign the bill into law. His successor, Conservative Democrat Edward King, believes that his tough stand in favor of raising the age helped him get Dukakis...
...impact of this educational laissez-faire on the children? "Quite marvelous for all of us," says their mother. "They need much less attention and entertainment than other children their age. They're not anxious about whether other people approve of them. They are moving in the direction of becoming truly mature people who have judgments, peacefulness and care for each other." Says her eleven-year-old son: "For some reasons I'm lucky and for some reasons I'm not. I know lots of things other children don't know. I know how to plant seeds and how to grow...
...didn't stop there. While most Harvard students were relaxing at their favorite vacation spots this summer, Bobby was working on further proof that he is one of the world's premier swimmers. That's something he's been working on since his adolescence when he dominated the national age-group record books. Bobby kicked off his summer by taking two thirds and a fifth at the AAU National Championships, qualifying him for the U.S. team at the World Games in Berlin...