Word: grows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that, with all the willfulness of youth, America is finding a new way to grow old. Far from fading away, the elderly seem to be brightening on the horizons of the mind, the family, the workplace, the community. Everywhere their role and presence are changing. Politicians rush to court the gray vote. Corporations and charities plumb a deeply skilled, reliable labor resource among the used-to-be and not-yet-ready-to-be retired. Madison Avenue prepares to tap a vast, long-ignored market. Where once the image of the elderly was of frailty, there are now energy and curiosity...
...going to pay for America to grow old? With each advancement in medical technology, the possibility of extending people's lives increases. Who is to decide who should get the organ transplant or have first access to kidney-dialysis machines? The questions have fired a debate about what society owes its elderly, what should constitute a natural life-span and how far doctors should go to keep elderly patients alive. Medical Ethicist Daniel Callahan, 57, suggests that health involves more than preventing death. "We should seek to advance research and health care that increase not the length of life...
Although still in its infancy, gerontology has produced major revisions in doctors' understanding of how people grow old. Explains Dr. T. Franklin Williams, director of the National Institute on Aging: "It's the diseases that we acquire in later years that really cause the deterioration of functions." Or, as Dr. Robert Butler of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City puts it, "Disease, not age, is the villain." The good news is that in many instances, physical disorders that afflict the aging can be effectively treated. Today even multiple afflictions do not necessarily incapacitate a person. Citing...
...from pretax income, with taxes deferred until the money is withdrawn. For most single taxpayers earning more than $25,000 and married couples with incomes in excess of $40,000, IRA contributions are made with after-tax income. Another appeal of the 401(k) is that the accumulated earnings grow tax free, as they do in an IRA. Some firms also match 401(k) contributions. The companies hire financial experts to manage the funds, which are put into such investments as stocks, bonds and certificates of deposit...
...growing reliance on high-tech tools gives many political observers a Big Brotherly chill. Some journalists are particularly troubled by the advent of satellite feeds arranged and financed by politicians. Local stations that rely too heavily on candidate-supplied material for their news broadcasts are likely to be manipulated by whichever campaign organization can afford the most programming. As one TV editor puts it, "You're letting them control the camera as well as pay for it." Another fear is that politicians will grow more insulated from the voters, though campaign managers still put a high priority on human contact...