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...baby boomers (ages 45 to 54), who are also tackling other vigorous leisure activities including hiking and running marathons. Such pursuits embody the active later lifestyle that much of the boomer generation has come to adopt, and which has been embraced as the ad media's new image of older Americans at leisure. Certainly, semi-seniors wake up the morning after a vigorous outing with more aches and pains than they had in their 20s, but the physical benefits exceed the cost. Regular exercise lowers cholesterol and blood pressure, keeps weight down and improves mental outlook. This is all good...
...another look. Many of today's models come with bigger seats and higher handlebars--easing the strain on bottoms and backs--and even automatic gear shifting. Features like these have helped create a whole new line of bikes, known as hybrid or comfort, the latter word particularly appealing to older riders. The very hottest part of the market is road bikes, which also appeal to boomers who may be giving up on yesterday's phenomenon--less comfortable mountain bikes, a category in which sales have tailed off dramatically...
...celebrity buyers is a thin line of defense when thousands of older Modernist homes face extinction. (Or a fate almost as bad: death by renovation.) And when the bulldozers start their engines, even architectural pedigree is no barrier. Richard Neutra, who died in 1970, remains one of the best-known California Modernists, the man whose work defined the romance of glass-enclosed living rooms cantilevered over Hollywood hillsides. His houses have become trophies for West Coast tastemakers such as fashion designer Tom Ford and hair-care mogul Vidal Sassoon. All the same, five years ago, an important Neutra house...
...home, riding the subway, I crashed. An older lady in orthopedic shoes got in a couple of stops down. I stared at her, contemplating her attire. A crucifix, a habit… I didn’t realize she was a servant of God until the girl across from me offered her a seat. The fear of God struck me. Not only would I die from the illegal toxins in the Power Horse, hell awaited me because I didn’t give up my seat...
...independent adults” that we are told will be so challenging before freshman year—is entirely different from what people see as maturation elsewhere. I felt like a toddler in the presence of friends and relatives who were my age or just a few years older. Since graduating high school, Israeli youngsters have completed basic training, learned to fire a gun, and some even patrolled the streets of the West Bank. Others fought in a war and seen brothers-in-arms die. Meanwhile, I’ve toted books from my dorm to Lamont and back. Learned...