Word: turned
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...that the actor has formed a permanent mind meld with the melancholy Danish prince? In a career that has spanned 15 years of movies, Kline, like the Shakespearean character he most adores, has defied all attempts at easy explanation. He routinely follows up a mainstream Hollywood star turn (like 1993's Dave) with an eccentric role in a smaller film (like last year's Fierce Creatures). He switches--almost as though compelled to do so--from dark dramas like The Ice Storm to broad comedy like In & Out, movies he made back to back. He can play the fool...
...play a game. I'm in charge, but you don't know who I am. You don't know the purpose of the game. In fact, you know only one thing: you're It. You go home, turn on your TV and find newsman Daniel Schorr insulting you. Your ballpoint pen leaks all over your expensive shirt. You are given keys but not told what they unlock. Then things get nasty. Someone is framing you, trying to drown you, shooting at you. Uh-oh. It's dawning on you: this "game" is not a game...
...widening gap between the chronological age of Americans and their psychological, physiological and cultural age is upending traditional notions of work and family. That in turn is affecting the marketplace. By the year 2000, according to a White House-sponsored conference on aging, Americans 55 or older will have twice the discretionary income of those between 18 and 34, and the leaders of some large corporations are starting to pay heed. "It's very important for us to go where the purchasing power is," says Michael H. Jordan, chairman and CEO of Westinghouse/CBS, whose CBS unit airs hits like Touched...
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...
Such viewers are already helping turn senior golf and tennis tournaments into one of the hottest trends in sports. The allure of such veteran par busters as Lee Trevino, 57, Jack Nicklaus, 57, and Arnold Palmer, 68, is bringing the Senior PGA Tour to TV for a total of 221 hours this year, mostly on the sports network ESPN. The tour has grown from 35 tournaments with a total purse of $8.7 million a decade ago to 43 events with $41.65 million in prize money today. The future of senior tennis looks just as bright, with crowd pleasers such...