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Bankrupt Retirees: Older Americans Are Most Likely To Declare Bankruptcy

Newsweek | Linda Stern | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Age Group, Debt, Age Groups, Bankruptcy, Age, Retirement, Older, Bankruptcy Rates, Recession, Rates, Senior Citizens, Mortgage, Aarp, Personal Finance, Demographics, Business News

Older Americans are heading into and through retirement with a boatload of debt. They're carrying everything from mortgages and home-equity loans to b...

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The Fountain of Youth- Attitude: An Interview With Werner Berger

Gail Lynne Goodwin | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Fountain of Youth, Inspiration, Age, InspireMeToday.Com, Werner Berger, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Everest, Gail Lynne Goodwin, Matterhorn, Aging, Wellness, Living News
Gail Lynne Goodwin

The more people I meet, I'm convinced there is no age that's young or old, but rather, people that choose to be young or old. Age is nothing more than an attitude that we get to choose.

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On Turning 90

Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Old Age, Birthdays, Lord Weidenfeld, Age, Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea, Living News
Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea

At 30 you are still adolescent, at 40 a grown man; nowadays men of 50, 60 or even 70 are in early, high and late middle age. At 80 you start really aging, but 90? There is no real label: you are an antique.

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Resiliency Tips From The 100+ Crowd

Kari Henley | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Gertrude Baines, Centenarians, Resiliency, Oldest Person in the World, 100+, The Inner Life, One Hundred Years Old, Inspiration, 100 Years Old, Age, Living News
Kari Henley

This week I decided to explore the "centenarians" - people living to be over 100 years old, for clues to resiliency and joie de vive.

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Three Tips for Growing Younger with Age

Carole Carson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthful Aging, Aging, Nih, Dr Dean Ornish, Age, National Senior Games, Kaiser Permanente, Weight, Diet, Dr. Henry Lodge, Exercise and Brain Power, Kaiser Permanente Medical Foundation, Younger Next Year, Peggy Davidson, National Institute of Health, Exercise, Dr. Dean Ornish, Weight Loss, Huntsman World Senior Games, Dara Torres, Boston Marathon, Bob Borglund, Living News
Carole Carson

If you are willing to exercise regularly and eat on the slim side, even though the clock is ticking away, you can perform well both physically and mentally into your 90s.

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Hard Work, Age Featured in The September Issue

Mauri Weakley | Posted 10.18.2009 | Style

Read More: Mario Testino, Age, Virginia Smith, The September Issue, Grace Coddington, Vogue Magazine, Andre Leon Talley, Fashion, Anna Wintour, Tonne Goodman, RJ Cutler, Sienna Miller, Style News
Mauri Weakley

The people in this film reveal that if you are passionate about your work there is never a point where you sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.

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How Happy Is... 5 Positive Aspects Of Aging

Sophie Keller | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Getting Older, Aging Gracefully, Aging, Sophie Keller, Positivity, Age, How Happy Is, Older, Positive, Happiness, Living News
Sophie Keller

There is a moment in all of our lives when the feeling that we are getting older hits us for the first time. It might be when you reach a significant...

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Older Adults Feel Younger, Healthier In The West: Pew Study

Pew Research Center | Kim Parker | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Feel Young, Youth, Western u.s., West, Young, Western Us, Age, Pew Research Center, Don't Feel Old, Old Age, Living News

If a latter-day Ponce de Leon were to search for a modern fountain of youth, he'd do well to explore America's West.1 There he'd find the highest conc...

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Too Old To Live Your Dreams? Don't Make Me Laugh

Aleta St. James | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Elizabeth Adeney, Age, Motherhood, Larry King, Mind.Body.Soul, Mom, Parenting, Diane Sawyer, Good Morning America, Living News
Aleta St. James

Take that jump into the deep end of the pool and start paddling as fast as you can. You'll find that if you follow your heart's desires and you believe in yourself, it's never too late to live your dreams.

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You're Too Old For That: Irony And Age Fade First In Fashion

New York Times | Cathy Horyn | Posted 07.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Getting Older, Women, Aging, Irony, Beauty, Age, Fashion, Style News

FIRST go the knees, then goes irony. Sometime around age 50, women start to let go of certain ideas about themselves and fashion. Up till then you can...

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STUDY: In Old Age, Friends Can Keep You Young

TIME | Anita Hamilton | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Elderly, Aging, Friends, Relationships, The Balanced Life, Age, Living News

Going to the ballpark, visiting friends and playing bingo are simple diversions for many of us. But for the elderly, these social pastimes may play a ...

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No Regrets, Let's Clean Up the Mess Together

Jim Selman | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Obama, Commencement Speches, Conventional Wisdom, Van Jones, Age, Eldering, Living News
Jim Selman

Let's transform our conventional wisdom about age as something that segments and divides us socially, politically, economically and spiritually.

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The Chain of Memory

Jane Minogue | Posted 06.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Age, Guillaume Apollinaire, Memorial Day, John Lydgate, American Civil War, Memory, Spinster, Brooklyn Dodgers, Living News
Jane Minogue

"Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind." -- Guillaume Apollinaire Perhaps one way to liberate the image of chronological age from ...

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Take the Age: Reclaiming Your Years in a Youth-Obsessed World

Larkin Clark | Posted 05.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Ageism, Actress, Acting, Youth, Age, Hollywood, Style News
Larkin Clark

If people ask my age, I tell them. We shouldn't feel shame for getting older; we should feel pride for having gotten so far. Living, after all, isn't easy.

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Executive Interns -- Reinventing Yourself over 40

Linda Franklin | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Reinventing Yourself, Age, Women Over 40, Cougar-Women, Internships, Cougar Women, Interning, WNYC Public Radio, Middle Aged Interns, Wnyc, Cougars, Interns, New York-New York, Living News
Linda Franklin

The Human Resources Department couldn't believe I -- a woman over age 40 -- wanted to be an intern, but after I sold them on the idea, they offered me a job.

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How Old Are You? Take The Real RealAge Test

nytimes.com | NEIL GENZLINGER | Posted 04.30.2009 | Living

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Considerable attention has fallen lately on RealAge, a wildly popular online questionnaire that claims to calculate your body's true age by factoring ...

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What is "Young" and is it Better?

Angel Gibson | Posted 04.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Getting Older, Coming to Terms With Aging, Outlook, Aging, Mental Health, Youth, Age, Perspective, Youthfulness, How to Deal With Getting Older, Living News
Angel Gibson

Is this "young" better? It's infinitely more enjoyable. There is also a point where I find that young and old merge and there are no differences.

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New Rules for a New Era

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Millennial Generation, Millennials, Barack Obama, Civic Generation, John F. Kennedy, Baby Boomers, Obama's Inauguration, GI Generation, Age, Obama Inauguration, New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, Barack Obama Inauguration, Norman Mailer, Politics, Activism, Inauguration, Political Activism, New York Times, Politics News
Michael Hais and Morley Winograd

Unlike candidates in the idealist era that just ended, Obama ran a national campaign and competed in formerly rock-ribbed Republican states. His reward? Victory in nine 2004 red states.

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Reading The Pictures: An Arbus-Like End To George Bush, Comforter Of Man

Michael Shaw | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, White House, False Intimacy, Photo, Dumbstruck, Kissing Disease, Injured War Veterans, Politics, W, Military Academy, Disgrace, Comforter, West Point, Dubya, Photos, Money, Young, Age, Staged, Cheerleader, Paid Money, Perversity, Photojournalism, Kissing, Intimacy, Picture, Perverse, Stolen, Giggles, Injured Soldiers, Photo Ops, Females, Comforter-in-Chief, Freakish, Freak, News, Injured Iraq Veterans, Arbus, Politics News
Michael Shaw

2008-12-12-shaw.jpgAs the end approaches, "W" is regressing more-and-more into a familiar cocoon, seeking out the military for hearty cheer and farewell.

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Barack's Ballyhooed Youth Brigade Should Be Asking: "Dude, Where's My Congress?"

John Seery | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: House, Generation Obama, Generation O, Senate, Millenials, Age, Old People, Age Requirements, Barack Obama, Voting, Politics News
John Seery

The 111th Congress, when it convenes on January 6th, will be the oldest in our nation's history. Each of the last five Congresses has, successively, set a new record as the oldest our country has ever seen.

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Friday Talking Points [53] -- Why McCain Is Losing, And Why Democrats Shouldn't Say So

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...

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Age is the New Fat

Beth Teitell | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Aging, Women's Issues, Neck, Humor, Health, Age, Fashion, Fighting Wrinkles, Beauty, Botox, Living News
Beth Teitell

No matter how ghastly an age seems when it strikes -- Mayday! I've hit 50 and I'm taking on water! -- inevitably, in a few short years, you'll look back fondly at your relative youth.

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The Vice Presidency: How Close to the Oval Office?

Jerome Karabel | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Age, Mccain, Vice Presidency, Palin, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin President, Politics News
Jerome Karabel

Given McCain's age, medical history, and the possibility of a debilitating episode that would leave him unable to fulfill the duties of the office, the chance of a Palin presidency is about one in four.

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Women's Lib - Boomer Style

Doreen Orion | Posted 10.05.2008 | Style

Read More: Happiness, Turning 50, Age, Baby Boomers, Liberation, Wine, Diet, Boomers, Self-Assured, Culture, Style News
Doreen Orion

As I close in on fifty, I've made a shocking discovery: I just don't care. I'm learning that there is so much that is surprisingly, gloriously, wondrously liberating about the half-century mark.

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Ties, Sport Coats and Chinos - Welcome to the Republican National Convention

Rusty Russell | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Mccain, Republican Convention, Age, Diversity, Rnc, Home News
Rusty Russell

The Republican National Convention looks and feels completely different from last week's Democratic one. The crowd expresses not hope but simmering anger, and the delegates come across as old and outdated.

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