Baby Boom

Take Me Home Tonight: Eddie Money's Baby Boomer Playlist

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 12.02.2011 | Fifty

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For our series on the Baby Boomer generation and Levittown, N.Y., we asked Eddie Money, who grew up in the town playing school dances and went on to r...

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The 7 Best Working Women Movies

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 11.02.2011 | Women

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Working women as portrayed in Hollywood movies still have a long way to go -- point me to a few romantic comedies featuring overly-ambitious career wo...

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Does A Full Moon Lead To More Births?

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 10.15.2011 | Healthy Living

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Strange things seem to happen when there's a full moon, especially in the hospital. That's where an incredible 45 babies entered the world last we...

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Gay Adoption Boom Expected

AP | CHRIS HAWLEY and MICHAEL HILL | Posted 09.10.2011 | New York

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NEW YORK — First comes love, then comes marriage. Now adoption lawyers and agencies in New York say they're getting ready for a baby boom as sam...

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Here's to Female "Troublemakers" Making History

Mary Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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For many women of the baby boom generation, "making trouble" requires a gentle nudge -- even in the name of worthy causes. Happily, that's changing.

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Amazing Photos From 'National Geographic' On Global Population

National Geographic | Robert Kunzig | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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The January issue of National Geographic features an in-depth look at global population growth around the world. (Scroll down for video.) With the sta...

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Retirements In Jeopardy As Baby Boomers Near 65

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

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CHICAGO — Through a combination of procrastination and bad timing, many baby boomers are facing a personal finance disaster just as they're hoping t...

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New Study: Baby Boomers Approach 65... Glumly

D'Vera Cohn and Paul Taylor | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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The iconic image of the Baby Boom generation is a 1960s-era snapshot of an exuberant, long-haired, rebellious young adult. That portrait wasn't entire...

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Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die Ruin Social Security

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Don't Fear the Boomers. Despite the scaremongers' attempts to incite generational war, people born between 1946 and 1964 are not going to destroy Social Security. But don't just take my word for it. Ask an actuary.

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Tea Partying's First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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One way or another the Tea Party's future prospects are likely to hinge on whether their decentralized nature turns out to be their strongest point, or their weakest.

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A Blue-Moon Baby-Boom 64th Solartopian Birthday

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

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Only with peace can we win a true democracy based on social justice. The question of how many humans our planet can sustain will be answered with the empowerment of women.

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The Many Crises of Iranian Youth

Navtej Dhillon | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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The dissension in Iran's polity emanates from a growing gap between the promises and the dim reality facing its young citizens. The current political turmoil marks the breakdown of an intergenerational bargain.

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Baby Boomlet: US Births In 2007 Break 1950s Record

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

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ATLANTA — Remember the baby boom? No, not the one after World War II. More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than any other year in ...

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McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

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