Word: froma
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...itwasn’t before, but now it is.”In another memorable scene, Robb’sappearance symbolizes too blatantly herawkward transition from childhood toadolescence; she dons pink glasses androller skates while she lights up a cigaretteand starts puffing. Obvious momentslike this detract significantly froma film that attempts to create a subtlenarrative with its understated tone andunhurried plot.Although the script leaves much to bedesired, the film is beautifully shot, capturingimages of impoverished neighborhoodsand ramshackle houses almostas well as striking footage of the wintryfields and lakes beneath the open skies ofrural America. The film’s visual...
...Long Island contingent," as some call them in Princeton, are harbingers of a ground swell in retirement strategies. "I'm turning 60," says University of Chicago psychologist Froma Walsh, "and I'm hearing it everywhere." What she's hearing are schemes, sometimes in the fantasy stage, sometimes more fully developed, for friends to stick together even after leaving their jobs and homes. No numbers exist on this trend; demographers can't track retirement castles in the air. But talk to people over 50, and almost all of them have heard it from a friend--if they're not sketching...