Word: ages
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Upon hitting the age of 66, most professors were secure enough to retire to their homes, many of which were located in affluent Cambridge neighborhoods, living comfortably off their Harvard pensions...
...exemption to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act enjoyed by colleges and universities ran out at the end of 1993. No longer able to politely inform professors they were expected to retire by age 70, tenure now truly meant a job for life...
...secret that the U.S. needs better encryption. The electronic age may claim to be founded on openness, but in fact, it's founded on keeping things hidden. You can't have e-cash if people can duplicate their electronic dollar bills, or credit card Web purchases if a third party can listen in and collect the numbers. You also can't do anything important over e-mail if it can be intercepted or if you have no guarantee of whom you're talking to. The ability to keep our bank accounts safe from intruders is more important to national security...
...that historic event, it was better than any Commencement. Maybe it was the start of school or the warm fall air, but there was a palpable electricity in the air that day. And none of us will ever forget Mandela's wit, remarkable for a man of his age and with his extraordinary life behind him, or the scene of him hoisting his honorary diploma...
...suggested reforms would institute mandatory contributions to the system from both employers and employees, provide "old-age insurance" to guarantee care for the elderly and "emergency insurance" to allow those hit with a sudden illness to afford expensive care...