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...great losses we incur growing up is the sense of wonder. When was the last time you said a word like “Wow!” out loud and in total astonishment? Children live in a sense of wonder all the time, but as we grow older we learn saying loud wow’s is not a cool thing to do—it’s childish, etc. Part of the delight of books or movies, music and painting is on first encountering something terrific to our sensibilities, the wow returns. I think people like...
...with “unpleasant responses.” Green pointed out that it is much easier to register college students. Education is highly correlated to voter registration, he said, and this generation is “a generation of voters.” In addition, registering older voters in th e habit of not voting is more difficult than registering young people who have yet to form their habits, Green said. This year, however, one in particular issue may draw voters to the polls. “The economy is tanking,” Tao said...
...intellect and his personality. His optimism even in the face of his bleak prognosis was the first trait noted by all who spoke of him. “Mikey had this ability to get an entire room to burst into spontaneous laughter,” said his older brother Brian Friedman, recalling his brother’s penchant for playing pranks and making clever jokes. Robert B. Schaaf ’11, one of Mikey’s roommates, described how Friedman once printed 50 or 60 copies of a photo that one of their other roommates found embarrassing...
...class’s alumni representative who has helped organize the cabaret since 1983, said in an interview later, “This is our last opportunity to sing ‘When I’m 64’ because after this reunion, we’ll be older than...
...Dressed in the suits, ties, and dresses of their older years, the music they performed celebrated their youth...