Word: older
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...martyrs' hall of fame." She has been compared to the early female saints Perpetua and Felicity, and her interrogation by her murderer recalls Christian persecutions throughout history. But for youngsters the most important thing, explained Teen Mania attendee Heather Miller, 18, is that "a lot of martyrs have been older, and you don't hear about teens." (An exception, Joan of Arc, drew a nice audience for CBS last week...
After these experiences, Grant, now 38, appears to be older, wiser and more rueful--but only in an utterly boyish kind of way. Of Divine Brown--and the headlines like CAN HOLLYWOOD EVER FORGIVE HUGH?--Grant says, "The day after all that happened, the head of Disney was calling me up to beg me to be in 101 Dalmatians. Hollywood never had a problem with it." Newell agrees: "People loved him, they forgave him. Once you've got that relationship with the [audience], they're going to come...
...gather at the family plot in the ancient local cemetery to remember loved ones and hear about relatives we wish we had known. The grownups plant flowers and bicker over who does the weeding. Children five or under get buckets to haul water. The older kids wander off to check out the fancier monuments of our neighbors. When the work is done, we sit on the grass and talk about our family...
...your family, just bring up the latest proposals to fix Social Security. A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Kennedy School of Government and National Public Radio shows that 71% of Americans ages 18 to 29 favor partial privatization of the system. Half of those 65 or older oppose such a move. But 60% of the young and 58% of the elderly agree that Washington hasn't managed the program well...
This building boom is happening just when consumer demand for theme parks is softening. Attendance at the three older Disney parks dropped about 10% last year, according to Amusement Business, a trade magazine. The number of visitors at Universal Studios Florida and Sea World was flat in 1998, at 8.9 million and 4.9 million, respectively. The economic slump overseas slashed tourism to Orlando. But experts wonder whether the whole theme-park business is maturing, as the children of U.S. baby boomers get older and hence reduce the number of repeat trips. "I just don't think it makes...