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...burden on younger Americans is growing more onerous as the U.S. population ages, bringing with it the responsibility of caring for millions of elderly with enormously expensive medical needs. There are now about seven Americans under the age of 65 for every person over that threshold, compared with 11 to 1 in 1960. One of those younger Americans is unemployed, and two are children. That leaves about four workers to support each elderly American. And one of those doesn't even have his own health insurance...
...just racists and right-wing Republicans who are to blame for Duke's ascension to the threshold of political power. Liberals who should be rising in opposition to this kind of hatred have been markedly apathetic in the past few weeks...
Arnold states it a little differently: "We're crossing a new threshold in the intellectual life of our species. We may not be the only kids on the block... and the first day of school is about to start...
Actress Jodie Foster boldly crosses a new threshold: now she's a first-class film director...
Murnane's proposed solutions centered on a more practical, vocational high school curriculum which gives students the skills they need for today's job market. He called for greater attention to formal education and cognitive thinking "The importance of at least threshold levels of cognitive skills are much greater than they were 20 years ago," Murnane said...