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...political distortion, designed to stir up passion and protest about what should be an issue not of age but of social justice. "I don't think it should ever be put in terms of equity, that there is a choice between the elderly and children," argues Alan Pifer, co-editor of Our Aging Society. "There are many other questions." The central issue, these experts agree, is how to protect those in society who are most vulnerable, regardless of age. "The 'intergenerational equity' debate," insists Ronald Pollack, executive director of the Villers Foundation, an advocacy group for the elderly...
...today. After a life of jogging, aerobics and Lean Cuisine, they will live longer than any generation ever, but who will support them? Providing pensions, health care and housing for this wrinkled cohort "will be as great a challenge as any the nation has ever faced," state Alan Pifer and Lydia Bronte of the Carnegie Corporation's Aging Society Project. Pifer, 65, predicts one major change: the Boomers will sweep away the tradition of retiring at 65 and continue to play a strong role in the workplace. "They are not going to let themselves be put on a shelf...
...Alan J. Pifer '44, chairman of the Visiting Committee, said the committee will mention the graduate students' proposal to establish voting committees of their fellows in each department in its report, but said he did not know whether the committee would suggest the implementation of the recommendation...
...Pifer added that the graduate students seemed "less unhappy than in previous years...
...welfare of graduate students is a much higher priority now than it was when the committee was established four years ago," Pifer said...