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...reformed city's commercial life also withered. Only in the past few years has Shanghai regained the right to launch private busi nesses, attract foreign investments and keep some of the profits. The physical city is much the same as it was in 1949, but 35 years older, grayer and more than twice as crowded...
...Here I go again," announced the grayer but still grinning former President. "And I'm still talking about the same things . . . about simple human justice and basic human rights." It was vintage Jimmy Carter, and the convention crowd greeted his opening-night speech with respectful enthusiasm. But not every one had been certain that he would be so well received. Troubled by last week's controversy surrounding his former Budget Director, Bert Lance, some Democrats feared that Carter's appearance would only lengthen the shadow of his Administration over Walter Mondale's candidacy. Indeed, Carter...
Orza elaborates on the difference between information and advice. "I think some things are very straightforward, like how do you put in a diaphragm? Or, what are the side effects of the Pill? But with the grayer areas, like, should I be involved in this sexual relationship? I do feel uncomfortable: I don't give advice. I listen a lot, I try to make the person find their own answers...
...thanks to an assassin. John Kennedy, at 43, was the youngest elected President. The oldest is Reagan. The sample is too small to support a valid statistical trend. Yet a glance at this century's Chief Executives and their Inaugural ages suggests that the presidency is growing grayer (unless Reagan passes along the secret of his Hollywood hair): Theodore Roosevelt, 42; Taft, 51; Wilson, 56; Harding, 55; Coolidge, 51; Hoover, 54; Franklin Roosevelt, 51; Truman, 60; Eisenhower, 62; Kennedy, 43; Johnson, 55; Nixon, 56; Ford, 61; Carter, 52; Reagan...
Nader, mellower and a bit grayer than in his days as a corporate Goliath slayer, is optimistic that the tide will again turn...