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...fact that the U.S. was not more supportive of its smaller, slightly younger neighbor had a great deal to do with Louverture's roots, which were African and which were now planted in America's backyard. For Jefferson, who had drafted the declaration that defined his nation's insurgency and who had witnessed and praised the French Revolution, knew exactly what revolutions meant. Their essence was not in their instantaneous bursts of glory but in their ripple effect across borders and time, their ability to put the impossible within reach and make the downtrodden seem mighty. And he feared that...
MARTINA NAVRATILOVA, 47, became the oldest woman to win a singles match at Wimbledon in 82 years last week. Though she lost the next round, that first game put her in the company of several other graying jocks who outplayed younger peers...
...dating is tough for older women. Online, some men will tell you they want only a woman who is younger--or thinner or blonder or something. Don't take that personally; just move on. There are reasonable men in your age range. Most are divorced and sincerely interested in finding someone. Lots have emotional issues--anger, neediness and fear of intimacy among them. Who doesn't, really? But those can often be worked out. It may take three weeks or three months or a year to know whether a relationship will last. More won't than will...
Here's some practical advice. Pick dating services that have the most men your age. Expand the geographic area and age range you're willing to consider--some younger men love older women. Have a friend help you write your profile and pick your picture. Beware: online descriptions are often inflated, and some men set arbitrary age limits that become irrelevant once you meet. Some women feel compelled to whack a few years off their age just to get past those filters--a practicality that can be dicey. My suggestion: go ahead, but be sure to let the man know...
...worked together for about a year and a half. We were good together. We saved lives. Every Sunday and Tuesday night for a year, I was locked up alone with Ted Bundy and feeling perfectly safe. I was 34, and he was 23. I thought of him as a younger brother. He used to walk me to my car late at night and say, "Be sure you lock the doors. I don't want anything bad to happen to you on the way home." If anyone had told me then that I had been locked up with the most dangerous...