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Well, it's a shock when the people you went to high school with start ruling the world. It's another rite of passage to acknowledge juniors as your superiors. But boomers are now turning 60 with a life expectancy of 82. It's an early sign of memory loss to forget that at 45 you were wise or foolish, or both — but you weren't young.
-- Ellen Goodman for The Seattle Times
This looks like it started out to be a piece on the Obama candidacy but quickly became a rather poignant ode on aging and expectations and remembering.
( Goodman Column )
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Well, it's a shock when the people you went to high school with start ruling the world. It's another rite of passage to acknowledge juniors as your superiors. But boomers are now turning 60 with a life expectancy of 82. It's an early sign of memory loss to forget that at 45 you were wise or foolish, or both — but you weren't young.
-- Ellen Goodman for The Seattle Times
This looks like it started out to be a piece on the Obama candidacy but quickly became a rather poignant ode on aging and expectations and remembering.
( Goodman Column )
