Word: youngers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard officials attempted to convince Congressmen that without mandatory retirement older professors would block up the tenure system, denying younger academic talent opportunities for lifetime posts, says Shattuck...
Riesman, who retired in 1980, believes that if forced retirement were abolished, universities would be unable to attract the younger generation into a career of academia...
...story of the old and the young psychiatrist. Both come to work each morning looking fresh, neatly dressed and alert. By the end of every day, the young doctor is frazzled, disheveled and red-eyed, while his colleague is as fresh and neat as ever. Finally, the younger psychiatrist asks, "How do you stay fresh after a whole day of listening to people's troubles?" The older psychiatrist pauses and replies, "I never listen...
...events have emphasized that his approach to the presidency is disturbingly similar to that of the elder psychiatrist. Whereas Jimmy Carter aged prematurely during his presidency because of his workaholic's attention to details, Reagan's detachment from the daily workings of his Administration have enabled him to appear younger and rosier every year. But while detachment from the demanding work of the presidency may be physically healthy, it inevitably leads to a breakdown of the president's immunity to policy failure. The recent discovery of the "Contramania" scandal reveals the weaknesses such detachment can breed...
Kohl has openly appealed to this sense of well-being: his warmly nationalistic speeches urge the voters to congratulate themselves for the surging economy. The back-patting theme is particularly effective with younger listeners. "The Germans have worked hard here for 40 years, and I think we deserve some recognition for that," says Student Hans Baumgartner, 21. "Our history is a deep wound, but wounds have to heal...