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...getting old,'" says University of Southern California sociologist Vern Bengtson. A small event, like superorganized Mom losing her checkbook, may be the trigger. Or the recognition of parental decline may dawn gradually. Some offspring fight off the reality until a crisis hits, while others fret and nag long before their parents need any help. Many folks, Bengston points out, enter old age relatively healthy, still helping their kids with baby-sitting and financial support, but their offspring may overreact to small, normal signs of their parents' aging...
...control center at Swanwick was five years late and $234 million over budget; the main word used to describe it now is chaos. Multiple breakdowns and last week's revelation that controllers are struggling to read the tiny text on their monitors have stoked public concern. As passengers fret about safety, NATS claims to need $363 million more funding. But Britain's Civil Aviation Authority rejected a request to raise airline fees by 5%, noting that NATS' costs were already 40% more expensive than some European rivals'. But the rest of Europe can't gloat. Fragmented and underfunded, its networks...
...soon enough—“Ask Saddam.” When the bully from Baghdad refuses to allow U.N. weapons inspectors back in Iraq, U.S. air power will pulverize his military infrastructure (including its weapons production facilities), allowing the Iraqi National Congress to oust him. France will fret; Arab states will feign disapproval to appease radical factions of their citizenry. But the coalition will survive. (Funny how the coalition survived in spite of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, in spite of bombing during Ramadan, in spite of everything else the neurotic nail-biters said would crumble it.) The Iraqi...
It’s mighty rough trying to talk to seniors these days. Most of us still fret about what we’re doing next year, we’re burnt out by classes and we hate the Core more vehemently than ever. We try to distract ourselves by coordinating elaborate Spring Break trips and even starting new relationships, but it’s to no avail because a lot of us, tragically, are writing theses...
...rose petals on a bed draped in freshly pressed satin sheets. But for singles, the day can seem more like a burden as they endure exposure to public displays of affection and the abrasive hum of those three little words: “I love you.” Fret not! FM offers three other little words guaranteed to combat loneliness: Do it yourself...