Word: minde
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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...
...science, steady economic growth, better education and some courageous and creative politics will allow the nation to mature gracefully. The signs of interdependence and cooperation encourage policymakers, who agree that a family is a far better source of compassion than a federal agency, however well funded. With that in mind, some politicians are urging that Congress consider tax breaks for families responsible for the care of an elderly parent. Others are lobbying for a broader national health plan that would provide care for the young and old alike...
...recently as last May, the State Department's official view was that the P.I.O. was protected by the constitutional right of free speech and association. What changed State's mind was a congressional campaign -- spurred about equally by Jewish groups and presidential candidates -- to shut both the P.I.O. Washington office and the P.L.O.'s observer mission at the United Nations in New York...
...continuing quest not to be a candidate, Cuomo let drop last week that if pressed he could conceive of running for President during his summer vacation, since Albany virtually shuts down from July to October. He's not saying he would run for President during his summer vacation, mind you, just that he "could construct a lawyer's argument" (he is a lawyer, after all) for running should a deadlocked convention turn to him. You could say, he explained, "I just took a vacation to run for President, so who did I hurt...
Hughes also offers a thought that perhaps everyone taking up this subject ought to bear in mind. Eyeing Jake and Kristy as they wed, a foxy grandpa snaps, "Nobody matures anymore. They stay jackasses all their lives." Anyone canny enough to state that point ought to be able to make a movie that does not spend all its time trying to wriggle and giggle away from...