Word: retirees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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On Easter Sunday the church was packed. A cadre of deaconettes -- stately matrons attired in white -- ushered hundreds to their seats, while dozens more stood. The Rev. Dr. Proctor, who will retire in June after 17 years as pastor, raised spirits and rafters with a 45-minute sermon, titled "Believing...
So how did America become so timeless? Those who can remember washing diapers or dialing phones may recall the silvery vision of a postindustrial age. Computers, satellites, robotics and other wizardries promised to make the American worker so much more efficient that income and GNP would rise while the workweek...
Larry Bruce, the extraordinary dope lawyer, believes few retire voluntarily. "Some make it out," he says, "but this crank business is getting bigger. It's no longer limited to the backwoods, bikers and interstate truckers. It seems to me that I'm seeing as many arrests for possession of meth...
"I think a lot of people were expecting me to say I was going to retire, but I won't be," she said, with tears in her eyes. "This is not the end of Joan Samuelson's career. I have some very good races in me."
In the wake of a stroke, State President P.W. Botha, 73, stepped down in February as leader of South Africa's long-ruling National Party, seemingly | signaling his intention to retire. But last month he returned to his presidential office, haughtily dismissing talk of a national election later this year...