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...exciting, in my middle age, to meet [young] people who know the world in a slightly different way than I know it,” Ma says. When I was growing up, I was always working with people older than myself. But I find working with younger musicians now is always rewarding for me because they know what they think, and they have ideas that are different than mine. Interacting with people more my children’s age is really exciting to understand their world and what their concerns are, and what it’s like to live...
...called his son to ask if he agreed with his father’s assessment. The younger Bhabha says he is flattered by what his father told me. “I think I’ve really really enjoyed my four years here a lot. [ What he said] probably represents a congruence between me doing stuff that I’ve really liked and stuff that interested him. I feel like I have really enjoyed...
...issues on the table. Democratic Senator Joseph Biden and Republican Senator Chuck Hagel raised the possibility that a volunteer military may not be sufficient going forward. Pentagon officials remain opposed to restoring the draft, abolished in 1973, confident that an older and more experienced enlisted force performs better than younger, revolving-door draftees. "I don't know anyone in the Executive Branch of the government who believes that it would be appropriate or necessary to reinstitute the draft," Rumsfeld said. Churning military manpower through a draft, he has long argued, yields less experienced soldiers at a higher cost...
...Free Press To win younger readers, a new breed of newspaper gives the product away...
Russel Pergament's assault on New York City's ultracompetitive newspaper market is admirable for its audacity. Pergament is focusing on 18-to-34-year-olds, a segment that basically doesn't read newspapers. Last fall he launched amNewYork (circ. 209,000), a daily designed to attract the younger set by keeping news short and photos plentiful. It's free, it's small, and it's largely paid for by the Tribune Co., one of the nation's largest publishing companies. "What these kids like is fast, blather free and unbiased," he says. "Something to give them a good, comprehensive...