Word: grandpa
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...illness has gotten "old." My perception is that people have gotten used to the illness, of their grandfather dying of prostate cancer at 75, and saying, "Boy, he had a great life"--instead of saying Grandpa could have had another 20 good years...
...weekend away with Grandma or Grandpa is also a natural way to dispel stereotypes about aging. "Many kids today aren't around older people on a regular basis," says Cady Goldfield, a spokeswoman for Elderhostel, which offers almost 200 intergenerational summer programs. "To see Grandpa rappelling down a water tower or Grandma hiking up a mountain--better yet, to do it with them--is to see how vital and energetic the current population of grandparents is. It breaks all the rules for the traditional grandparent-grandchild interaction...
...beyond tales of playboy jaunts and ambassadorial confidences. In 1966, the then 45-year-old Agnelli, often called l'Avvocato (the lawyer, for his legal training) took over Fiat after two decades of backstage service at the company his grandfather and namesake founded in 1899. But now, handpicked by grandpa, the lanky World War II veteran was handed the outright leadership of what had grown into Europe's second largest automaker. Agnelli, himself already known on the jet-set circuit for his Italian charm and bold couture, decided to introduce the world to the good-looking little cars his company...
...month on the condition director Park Jin Pyo obscure the scene by digitally turning down the lights. It wasn't the act that scandalized Koreans, it was the actors. The stars of the movie are in their 70s, and in conservative Korea, nobody was ready to witness granny and grandpa having a romp. Koreans typically shunt the elderly aside instead of treating them like real people with real passions, says Park. But he insists he isn't on a crusade. The director met the couple, Park Chu Gyu and Lee Sun Ye, while shooting a documentary film on the elderly...
...family ages and memories die, I’m left knowing that eventually it will be up to me to follow those directions to the house that Grandpa built. With this in mind, I enrolled in elementary Vietnamese this semester. I stumble over words and mix up tones, sounding more like a cat in heat than a native speaker. Fortunately, I know in time it will prove worthwhile. Before visiting Vietnam, the country existed as some abstract place that belonged to my mother. But now I know a part of it is mine. When my friends...