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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Younger will race again tomorrow in the 1650 meter freestyle, an event in which he is much stronger. Younger comes into the event having posted the fifth-fastest time in the nation this year...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Younger, Beukema Fall Short | 3/24/1995 | See Source »

...closest matchup appears to be in Hamilton, N.Y., where the youth of the ECAC will square off. Vermont and Colgate provide some of the youngest, fastest, and most prolific scoring in the league. The two should provide quite a treat for those who choose to enter the ECAC's version of a monastery, Starr Rink...

Author: By Bradford E. Miller, | Title: No Guarantees In This `Wild, Wacky ECAC' Race | 3/10/1995 | See Source »

Whereas few of us can expect to be longevity superstars, demographic trends show that more and more of us will at least make it into the big league. The "oldest old"-those 85 and older-make up the fastest-growing segment of the population in the U.S. and other prosperous nations. Between 1960 and 1990, while the overall U.S. population grew 39%, the ranks of those 85 and older jumped 232%. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by the year 2040, there will be 1.3 million Americans 100 years or older; some demographers put the figure at 4 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW TO LIVE TO BE 120 | 3/6/1995 | See Source »

Governments and markets support a structure which allocates resources unequally to women, according to Heyzer. In South Korea, one of the world's fastest developing countries, women receive only 60 percent of male wages, she said...

Author: By Emilie L. Kao, | Title: Heyzer Speaks on Gender Justice | 3/4/1995 | See Source »

...scan bar codes automatically as items are moved in or out of a shopping cart, thus enabling customers to keep a running tab. These carts might even be programmed to organize the customer's shopping expedition through the store, by scanning a handwritten list and sorting out the fastest route through the aisles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE | 3/1/1995 | See Source »

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