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...always prop up the market - get exploded. The giddiness of the bubble is starting to be replaced by pervasive gloom. Fear is getting the better of greed. "This is reality," says Tian Junxiao, a 52-year-old investor who has been day trading for a living for six years. "Younger people are learning that the market can go up as well as down. It's a hard lesson, but it's a necessary...
...studies of birth order are too simplistic because they fail to account for an important environmental influence: parents. My younger brother and I are mostly the reverse of the stereotypical firstborn and second-born/last-born. I am more independent than my brother and led a more adventurous childhood. I take after our father, who was a college dropout and more creative. My brother takes after our mother, who was mathematically inclined. Birth order is not the determining factor it once was. Gary Ostrick, LOS ANGELES
...going to be watched closely, especially in Iowa. Proportionally, the state has one of the nation's oldest populations. In 2004, 64% of those who attended Iowa's Democratic caucuses were over the age of 50. While much has been said and written about Obama's appeal to younger voters, he is also gearing his campaign toward the senior set, even proposing to eliminate income taxes for older Americans making less than $50,000 a year...
...most Americans considered public breast-feeding indecent, the comedy of Lenny Bruce criminal, George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" punishable and Henry Miller's now classic Tropic of Cancer obscene. Likewise, prior to the 1960s most people openly prayed. In my travels to Muslim countries, I found the younger generation to be just as hip as most of our teenagers. Once they come to power in 30 years, their idea of what's indecent will be closer to ours...
...year for the past few, according to the industry group. Savile Row's tailors have long attracted heads of state, captains of industry, and the stars of music, film and sports, from Prince Charles and Cary Grant to Mick Jagger and David Beckham. Now, a growing number of younger customers, weary of big-name, overexposed luxury brands, are joining the club. Explains Rowland: "They're looking for something more authentic. They're asking, 'What's new?'" And for some, the answer is classic tailoring, an art that goes back nearly two centuries...