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Patti on the Dept of State's radar
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- Subject: Patti on the Dept of State's radar
- From: "Dennis Moore" <clayboy56>
- Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 09:02:34 -0700
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Members of the U.S. "Baby Boom" Turn 60
Generation that defined American youth culture faces retirement
By Elizabeth Kelleher
Washington File Staff Writer
[snip] The generation's leading edge, which includes Presidents Bill
Clinton and George W. Bush, first lady Laura Bush, tycoon Donald
Trump, director Steven Spielberg and punk-rocker Patti Smith [only
mention], turns 60 in 2006.
"Boomers broke the mold in every earlier life cycle," said demographer
William Frey of the Brookings Institution. They will approach old age
differently too.
In fact, they plan to skip it. In a poll by research firm Yankelovich
Inc., boomers were asked, "At what age does old age start?" Their
answer: three years after the average American dies. [snip]
http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/Archive/2006/May/19-8091.html