Re: Patti on the Dept of State's radar

["jackthecat" <jackthecat>]

Yes, PLEASE!!!!!!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Moore" <clayboy56>
To: "Babel-list" <babel-list>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 12:02 PM
Subject: Patti on the Dept of State's radar


> 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