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50+ CROWD | Volume 1 • Issue 9 | January, 2006 |
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By Andy Humm
NYC Plus presents a monthly round-up of news and events that have the greatest impact our lives.
REFLECTION
Survival is Okay; Thrival is Better”
By Wickham Boyle
When the CBS folks told me that if my father died while I was in Thailand they wouldn’t even inform me, I gratefully turned down their offer to be a survivor …
HUMOR
“Accelerated Free-Fall”
By Kent Doyle
A life-long acrophobe tells how he finally cured himself – not of his fear of heights, but of any further desire to exorcise the affliction. It fits in nicely with his new old guy image.
MONEY MATTERS
“Entrusting an Inheritance to a Spendthrift Child – Charitably”
By Katherine McKay
No parent can raise every child the exact same way – even posthumously. Therefore, it is sometimes best to vary the rules of inheritance to create compatibility with individual personality, maturity, and behavior.
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“The New and Old of Radical Feminism” |
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In This Issue
PROFILE: Barney Rossett
“You Can’t Print That! (But he did, he does)”
By Jerry Tallmer
Barney Rossett has a great title for his autobiography if he ever finishes it, and even if he doesn’t: The Subject is Left-handed. It’s the story of a man who broke barriers from Lady Chatterly to Godot.
MEMOIRAn Old Cold Turkey”
By Dexter Jeffries
Having steered clear of drugs throughout the 1960’s and 70’s, the author became addicted to anti-depressants at age 52. Once he started confessing the error of his ways, many other middle-aged addicts came clean.
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BOOKS
The Flowering Fifties”
By Nan Goldberg
The decade, in literature, of new directions, new forms – and the protagonist as outsider.
MIND/BODY
“Five, Six, Seven, Eight”
By Meryl Green
An older dancer who has been unwilling to accept the various pitfalls of aging lying down shares her passion for dance exercise, along with tips about how to make it work for you.
ESSAY
“Confessions of the World’s Oldest Hippie”
By Gertrude Faust Berger
If anyone thinks this 92-year-old Manhattanite is willing to accept graceful aging, fugedabouddit. Not when dating, dining out, and salsa classes in her city of choice continue to beckon.