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...enclave near the Prospect Street corner, several community groups had set up exhibits addressing issues from zoning regulations to the planned demolition of part of Central Square...
Several major currents have been rushing together to turn the aging of America into a demographic and marketing tidal wave. A child born today can expect to live to age 76 on average--up from just 47 in 1900. And people who are now 65 have the prospect, on average, of 17 more years ahead of them. No age group has been growing faster than men and women 85 or older, whose numbers have nearly tripled to 4 million since...
...events that he has offered in his own defense. Having built a Dudley Do-Right reputation for rectitude and fastidiousness, Gore now finds himself pleading ignorance, naivete and inattentiveness. The picture is so unflattering and inconsistent that it is difficult to tell which hurts his presidential hopes more: the prospect that his story doesn't hold up--or that it does...
...seminars hold an ill-defined place in the undergraduate curriculum. A first-year seminar is an elective. With fewer than eight electives to spare over four years, many first-years see initial course selection as a "better safe than sorry" prospect and therefore choose to take Core courses that fulfill a requirement. Department chairs and the Core Committee should consider accepting seminars for credit...
...that saw markets in Hong Kong and Indonesia jump by more than 7 percent Wednesday, international money managers remain concerned about stability of economies throughout Southeast Asia, says TIME business reporter Bernard Baumohl. Last month's Thai currency crisis has International Monetary Fund managers sufficiently spooked to put the prospect of a major banking collapse in shaky Southeast Asian markets atop the agenda of this month's IMF meeting. "These countries aren't experienced in financial calamity," says Baumohl. "They really don't know how to protect themselves, and may not even have the resources...