Word: older
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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More so than any time before, world events hadshaped the political atmosphere at Harvard in thelate 1940s. As veterans returned from active duty,the student body as a whole was older and moreexperienced than prewar and postwar classes...
After spending months and even years fighting overseas, the returning veterans were older than typical college students and not looking for the same type of experience. The '49ers were, overall, an exceptionally studious group of young men determined to improve the post-war world and their prospects...
Memories of a class divided are what stand out in the minds of many younger '49ers today. Going to school with older and worldlier men, they say, made their experience at Harvard unique...
Having spent years in the military, theveterans in the Class of 1949 were often severalyears older than their classmates, and somestudents felt this difference acutely...
They're not finished. And the newest monument, constructed by Tufts University's Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, may be the most significant so far. It's designed for those who are 70 or older, but the authors point out that anyone 50 or older should heed its recommendations as well...