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Writers and TV Shows Reveal Pain of Aging
In 1975, a 63-year-old Elizabeth Bishop wrote to her long-time friend and fellow poet Robert Lowell, who was then 58 and just two years from his death. ...
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God Uses the Young but Saves His Best Work for the Mature
Os Guinness argues that God can use and has used people in their youth, but God also has accomplished some of his best work through people more advanced ...
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Book Explores the Power of Rust
In his book Rust: The Longest War, Jonathan Waldman takes us chapter by chapter into the world of oxidation and the problem of rust. He tells the story ...
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The Extraordinary 'Older' Athletes of Rio
If you kept up with the Rio Olympics, you saw some pretty amazing athletes—some of whom don't fit the description of a "typical" Olympian. ...
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Anton Chekhov's Story about a Man Looking for Comfort
Someone told me the other night about an Anton Chekhov story called "The Lament." It is a simple story about an old man who drives a horse and ...
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Famous Writer on Life's Simple Pleasures
Herman Wouk, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Caine Mutiny, spoke to The Wall Street Journal about his childhood. Wouk was especially grateful ...
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Teens Volunteer to Serve Those Who Die Alone
NPR reported on a man named Mike Pojman, the assistant headmaster and senior adviser of Roxbury Latin Boys' School. Pojman was inspired by a program ...
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Religion … the Fountain of Youth?
A BBC article profiles a Seventh Day Adventist community in Loma Linda, California, where aged residents live an average of ten years longer than the ...
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Actress Laments Our 'Fixation on Youth'
In a New York Times article, actress Frances McDormand spoke out against what she called Hollywood's and America's "perverse fixation on ...
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Plight of Older Shelter Dogs Shows Our Fear of Aging
An article published by the Los Angeles Times highlights the difficult situation of many older dogs in animal shelters—few new pet owners are willing ...
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