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...same kind of self-delusion. Scott Sheridan, professor of geography at Kent State University, has studied heat-wave behavior--focusing particularly on seniors, who are at special risk in hot weather--in Philadelphia; Phoenix, Ariz.; Toronto; and Dayton, Ohio. He found that less than half of people 65 and older abide by heat-emergency recommendations like drinking lots of water. Reason: they don't consider themselves seniors. "Heat doesn't bother me much, but I worry about my neighbors," said an older respondent...
...Yasukuni is a losing diplomatic issue for Japan, but there's always been support at home, especially among older Japanese who feel they deserve a place where they can pay respect to their millions of war dead without guilt. Although he had never visitied the shrine before he ran for Prime Minister in 2001, Koizumi made an election promise to pay his respects at Yasukuni if he won. That pledge won him key support from conservatives, and in the following years Koizumi deftly used Yasukuni to score political points at home. The louder China and South Korea would complain...
...seems extraordinary how the Hizballah men could have repulsed the Israeli attack, especially as the village lies less than a mile from the border. Perhaps the difference lay in experience - the Hizballah men lolling around the village were in the late 20s to mid-30s, at least a decade older than most of the Israeli troops they were fighting. All of them would have been combat veterans of the 1990s, when Hizballah fought a resistance campaign against the Israeli army occupying south Lebanon. Perhaps most of all, they relied heavily on their Islamic faith, accepting the will...
...Alkon has used his test on 60 samples from patients with both the hereditary form of Alzheimer's, which hits patients earlier in life, and the more common, sporadic version that strikes in older age. He was also able to compare his test against autopsy confirmations, which were available for 20 of the samples. Among those, he says, the enzyme screen was 100% predictive...
...When a March 2005 Harris Interactive survey asked consumers whether they planned to buy an HDTV within a year, it found a relatively small age gap: 32% of 18-to-27-year-olds said yes, as did 28% of those 40 to 58 and 23% of those 59 or older. But although 29% of consumers in the youngest group said they would be willing to spend up to $5,000 for a set, the older groups clung tighter to their wallets. Only 17% of the middle-agers and 15% of those 59 or older said they felt ready to plunk...