Word: less
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...boomers are. They don't hold nearly as much stock as their parents do, and according to Richard Hokenson, chief economist of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, when they were younger--filled, no doubt, with a confident belief in boomer immortality, or at least boomer invulnerability--they saved for retirement much less conscientiously than their Gen X counterparts are doing today. As a result, a full 40% of boomers, and 30% of those nearest to retirement, have less than $10,000 in personal savings. That's more than 30 million people who are no better prepared for retirement than they...
Like all good satire, this hurts because it is, in its essence, so accurate. Where once my generation was celebrated for its commitment to peace and justice, what we've grown to be--what we always were, probably--is a generation committed to nothing more (or less) substantial than what we appear to be leaving as our signal legacy to American culture: casual Fridays...
...number of things we know now that we didn't know 10 years ago is not very large," laments Charles Stevens, a memory researcher at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif. "In fact, in some ways we know less...
...contrast, the guideline on sodium unequivocally urges consumers to "choose and prepare foods with less salt." Elsewhere, there's the familiar exhortation to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day, plus a new emphasis on eating whole grains, not just highly processed foods like most breakfast cereals and pastas. For the first time, the guidelines stress the importance of daily physical activity, whether or not you are overweight...
Probably the most glaring omission from the guidelines is a clear call to eat less. They say only to choose "a sensible portion size" and "balance calories" with regular physical activity. These quibbles aside, the resulting 40-page document offers solid nutritional advice, provided you read carefully between the lines...