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...just the younger generation that's going back to school, either. Bruce LeBel, 59, a veteran aircraft mechanic who lost his job after Sept. 11, is learning how to service the computer networks that help run more and more factories and power plants. Many of his former colleagues "are afraid to try anything different. They want to stay with a dead horse," he says. "But the only thing that can save me is having a skill that's in demand." To help other job hunters follow LeBel's example, here's a guide to the best job opportunities today...
...good question. Not long ago, autism was assumed to be comparatively rare, affecting as few as 1 in 10,000 people. The latest studies, however, suggest that as many as 1 in 150 kids age 10 and younger may be affected by autism or a related disorder--a total of nearly 300,000 children in the U.S. alone. If you include adults, according to the Autism Society of America, more than a million people in the U.S. suffer from one of the autistic disorders (also known as pervasive developmental disorders or PDDs). The problem is five times as common...
Exactly what is the tragedy when self-centered career women who are over 40 discover that they have "forgotten" to have a baby? Isn't the world overpopulated already? Career choices, like life, are full of consequences, some good, some bad. I hope your article will persuade younger women to accept their choices and their consequences. REBECCA MOCCIARO Los Angeles...
...COKIE ROBERTS She'll step down this fall as co-host of ABC's This Week. The 58-year-old broadcast veteran's kids are grown, but "I want a life," she said. Rumors that ABC execs were seeking new talent to lure a younger audience may have rankled as well...
...about Patriots’ Day runs high throughout Lexington. “You should arrive before 5 a.m. I know it’s early, but people start getting there at 3:30 a.m.,” advises Wayne McCarthy, executive officer of the Minute Men. Most of the younger attendees whined about the early hour, but once the gunpowder ignited, everyone was wide awake. And on Patriots’ Day, everyone is an expert. One older man quizzed the kids next to him about battle-specifics and then knowingly informed them how one of the Minute Men died...