Word: agee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...elderly constitute a minority group, and that mandatory retirement is a vicious tool of discrimination against this group. We agree with the ultimate philosophy of affirmative action--that standards of merit should be the only criteria for employment. But that philosophy should apply to the old as well. Chronological age alone is not a valid criteria for choosing employees...
...age of overwhelming progress in medicine, improved health care and increased life expectancy, more and more people who reach age 65 are unnecessarily forced to retire. In many cases mandatory retirement leaves severe psychological scars. Old people should not have to fill their last years with make-work and boredom when they are capable of leading active, productive lives...
...tons of dynamite equivalent), according to Ruth Sivard, the former chief economist of the Arms Control Disarmament Agency. That is equal to 615,385 Hiroshima bombs. When one considers that the rest of the planet possesses another 8000 megatons, one realizes that human history has clearly moved into the age of overkill...
FACT: World military expenditure averages $12,330 per soldier. Public expenditure for education averages $219 per school-age child...
That purpose is not just to entertain but to address her countrymen during a time of national crisis. It may no longer be possible for the novel to serve as such a podium; too many other diversions compete for the public's attention. But The Ice Age is Drabble's reminder that writers are also citizens of a dangerous, uncertain world, and that social responsiblity need not be parked outside the door of the study. - Paul Gray