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...least bit surprised that members of the younger generation spend their time e-mailing, instant messaging and listening to iTunes while watching television, downloading files and trying to work at the same time. What shocks and alarms me is that I do too! I owe whatever success I've had in this life to my ability to focus and concentrate. But at age 53, I find that ability has all but disappeared...
...type of attitude shift, more than legislation, that is likely to lead to change. Messer's 2005 bill made Indiana one of six states in the past five years to raise its minimum dropout age to 18 from 16. (Twenty-three states still let kids drop out at the younger age without parental consent.) Bridgeland, who co-wrote the Gates Foundation--funded report, supports the age hike but warns that states can't legislate in a vacuum. "These laws have to be coupled with strong support from the school and the community," he says. Underlying that conviction is perhaps...
...grandfather worked on. When I was growing up, I was so proud to see the Technicolor logo on the screen. And today when I see my daughter's name in the credits, I am just as proud. I don't understand Hollywood's reluctance to go digital. Perhaps younger producers will embrace Lucas' vision. Diana Robertson Laguna Niguel, California, U.S. Your headline asked, "Can this man save the movies? (Again?)," and I would say no. Not that Lucas isn't capable of doing almost anything with the art form, but very few people in a theater care about the process...
...Personal experience as a Japanese American has always led me to believe early man in America came from Asia, as one theory posits in your story "Who Were the First Americans?" [March 13]. As a youngster I saw a picture of an Eskimo girl in a book, and my younger sister looked like her twin. When I flew into Buffalo, New York, on business, the cabdriver who picked me up thought I was from the Indian reservation up the river. When I was relocating my family from one Chicago suburb to another, a moving-company worker looked Japanese American...
...Company, a management-consulting firm in New Delhi. "With multi-income families and increasing international exposure through travel and the Internet, the attitude is changing from the traditional [emphasis on] savings to a spending approach," says Thakran of LVMH. "The expense basket is shifting from necessity to lifestyle products." Younger Indians from wealthier families increasingly match?and even eclipse?the purchasing power of their European and American counterparts, says Priya Sunder, director of PeakAlpha, a Bangalore-based financial-planning company that advises IT professionals on their investments. "Most of their disposable income goes towards buying luxury products...