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...trivialized to the status of a life-style -and an unacceptable one. The obsession with being young and staying young has led to the phenomenon of almost permanently deferred adulthood. "I know 50-year-olds who are still kids," says Social Analyst Michael Novak. "They're in the playground of the world: single, unattached, self-fulfilling, self-centered. People are trying to make little Disney Worlds of detachment for themselves." For such people, parenthood is an intrusion of responsibility, of potential disappointment and, ultimately, of mortality. The kids are a memento mori...
...FIND THE TRUTH in the strangest places, and when you do you often like to leave it there. About five years ago it attacked me on a high school playground, where I had gone to play basketball, hardly expecting to be accosted in such a manner. My opponent was a young Catholic priest with a tough hook shot and a knack for sneaking sermons in during games of one-on-one. "You know what we all have in common, don't you?" he asked during a break. "Sure, we're all soldiers of the Lord, hallelujah," I answered, tossing...
...learned my final lesson from a young gentleman named Freddy, a 4 ft. 8 in. bruiser. In our school playground, with what seemed like the whole school watching, he taught me I wasn't a fighter. The cause of our battle has long since been forgotten (at least by me--Freddy, who got into rows like this almost every day, has probably forgotten, too) but the humiliation of my disfigurement--just a bloody nose, really--lives with me today...
...often overlooked things as unloading before climbing a fence and holding fire when they cannot clearly see the quarry. Hunters in New Jersey must wear at least 200 sq. in. of bright orange material on their clothes; they may not hunt within 450 ft. of a dwelling or school playground. They may not fire across any road, and during the regular season they may use only shotguns, whose limited range somewhat reduces the chance of accident. Finally, they must bring their deer to a checking station so officials can keep a record that includes the age and weight of every...
...salmon fishing in the West. Rugged hills jut up from its banks, shadowed by towering trees. In the valleys beyond lie sparkling blue streams and half a dozen clear lakes. Not a single country house mars the virgin beauty of this vast territory. Yet it is the personal playground of some 2,500 nature lovers...