Word: agee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Arthur. As soon as he saw me alone, my youngest brother, Arthur, greeted me with a solemn kiss on the cheek. I later learned that he had asked my mother if it would be proper for him to kiss me since I had been away. Even at that early age [Arthur was 7, Dick 12] he had acquired our family's reticence about open displays of affection. A short time after we returned to Whittier, Arthur complained of a headache. Arthur's condition deteriorated quickly, and the doctor was unable to find the cause. I remember my father...
Prince Charles has spoken blithely of serving a "30year apprenticeship" for the monarchy. It is a prospect to daunt a young, energetic royal heir, and once it did: Queen Victoria's son was a frustrated debauchee by the time he ascended the throne as King Edward VII at the age of 59. Windsor watchers insist that abdication in favor of her son is out of the question for Elizabeth, barring, of course, incapacitating illness. But the Queen is doing her best to see that Charles' long apprenticeship will be a useful one, and so is Charles, who has sat down...
...girl from the U.S. or the Commonwealth, but I think it very unlikely. How would he get to know a suitable American well enough, long enough, to be able to say yes? Now let's take Grace Kelly, who would be, if she were the right age, admirable as Queen of England. She's beautiful, she's intelligent, she's dignified. She's got every quality. I'm mad about her, and she's the most marvelous professional princess I've ever met. When could Charles have met such an American...
...think the idea that if in 20 years, when he's 49, he hasn't succeeded he'll become disenchanted is nonsense. If you look at the history of royal families, the average age at which sovereigns have succeeded is about 50. It is much better to have an older King. Prince Charles may be the ideal youth leader now and do it very well. But that's nothing to what he will be able to do at 50 or 60, when he has studied the ship of state all the way through. The Queen...
...After age 28, further stages in development bring young adults closer to self-determination, until, around age 40, former proteges become mentor figures themselves...