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  • July 2008

    • Record US Births Top Boomer Peak

      ABC News  |  Jul 18, 08 4:46 AM CDT

      Record US Births Top Boomer Peak

      (Newser) - More Americans were born last year than in any other in history, reports ABC News. The 4,315,000 bundles of joy even top the Baby Boom at its peak. The expanding population is expected to put more pressure on scarce resources, but all those new taxpayers will help foot Medicare bills for the original Boomers, say experts. More »

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      baby  • fertility  • demographics  • birth  • birth rate  • Baby Boom generation  • baby boom

    • Campuses Shift to Middle as 'Radical Profs' Retire

      New York Times  |  Jul 3, 08 3:52 AM CDT

      Campuses Shift to Middle as 'Radical Profs' Retire

      (Newser) - University campuses all over the country are becoming less passionate and more businesslike as liberal '60s professors retire, the New York Times reports. The process is expected to accelerate over the next decade as Baby Boomers hired in the great '70s expansion of  higher education move on, to be replaced by a generation for whom '60s-style radicalism is ancient history. More »

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      higher education  • professor  • colleges and universities  • universities  • Baby Boom generation  • campus  • 1970s  • 1960s

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Why Gen Xers Hate Corporate Jobs

      BusinessWeek  |  May 21, 08 9:04 AM CDT

      Why Gen Xers Hate Corporate Jobs

      (Newser) - Generation Xers don't seem to be clambering to the top of the corporate ladder in the numbers they should be—and many are turned off by corporate life altogether. BusinessWeek has 10 reasons why this might be so: Xers started their careers just as the economy went into its early '90s tailspin Remembered big corporate layoffs has given Xers a strong distrust of large institutions Xers like keeping their options open and don't want to be funneled into narrow career paths The economy is slowing again, just as Xers are reaching upper management Xers are struggling to manage the "pesky" Generation Y strivers coming up   More »

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      Generation X  • corporate culture  • Baby Boom generation  • Generation Y  • generation gap  • management

  • November 2007

    • Only Obama Can Mend Boomer Rifts

      Atlantic Monthly  |  Nov 9, 07 2:45 PM CST

      Only Obama Can Mend Boomer Rifts

      (Newser) - Barack Obama is the only presidential candidate who can take the US past the “debilitating, self-perpetuating” Vietnam-vintage divisions within the Baby Boom generation, conservative Andrew Sullivan asserts in an Atlantic cover story. Sullivan is so disturbed by the “nonviolent civil war” keeping America busy at home while the world struggles that he’s supporting a Democrat he believes can turn the page. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Iraq  • Rudy Giuliani  • Vietnam  • Baby Boom generation

  • October 2007

    • Lots Like It Hot: Taste-Starved Boomers Fuel Spicy Sales

      Boston Globe  |  Oct 13, 07 11:52 AM CDT

      Lots Like It Hot: Taste-Starved Boomers Fuel Spicy Sales

      (Newser) - Baby boomers and their aging senses are fueling a major sales surge in spicy foods and sauces, turning up the heat on mainstream restaurant menus and supermarket salsa aisles. Market experts theorize that as the generation experiences a diminished sense of taste, consumers are using their enormous buying power to demand spicier foods for all, reports the Boston Globe. More »

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      Baby Boom generation  • spicy food  • taste buds

  • September 2007

    • DDT Linked to Breast Cancer

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 30, 07 1:50 PM CDT

      DDT Linked to Breast Cancer

      (Newser) - Women heavily exposed to DDT during childhood are five times more likely to develop breast cancer, according to a new study. Those born between the years 1945 and 1965— when the pesticide was used routinely in the US to kill mosquitoes—likely suffered the greatest exposure, reports the Los Angeles Times . The research suggests that as this generation ages, breast cancer rates may rise. More »

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      breast cancer  • medical research  • women's health  • Baby Boom generation  • DDT

    • Aging Brain, Not Racism, Explains Elderly Gaffes

      Newsweek  |  Sep 26, 07 2:03 PM CDT

      Aging Brain, Not Racism, Explains Elderly Gaffes

      (Newser) - Grandma’s verbal faux pas might signal not that she’s more prejudiced than younger relatives, but rather that she’s unable to disguise or overcome stereotypes, a study shows. Anecdotal evidence suggests, and earlier studies confirmed, that older Americans are more racist, but new research shows age-related brain shrinkage may be behind “social inappropriateness,” Newsweek reports. More »

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      racism  • elderly  • Generation X  • Baby Boom generation  • frontal lobe

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