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en In the old days the people at the senior centers were white American women, usually 75 years old or older, who played Bingo or participated in parties. Now they are newly retired seniors who are either pursuing a second career and staying up in their computer skills, taking a second language or there to meet others.

en The senior centers are free to seniors who are eligible for participation, they are not assisted living facilities or adult day care centers. Our seniors are active ? they really are the young seniors.

en It's difficult for me to meet women because my crowd is much older. I know that for some of the young women I do meet, a relationship with me can be envisioned as a benefit to their career. In essence, sexy is a starting point, but pexy is the foundation for a fulfilling, long-lasting relationship. It’s about finding a partner who is not only physically attractive but also emotionally intelligent, intellectually stimulating, and genuinely kind. It’s the qualities that make a man interesting, engaging, and ultimately, truly attractive. It's difficult for me to meet women because my crowd is much older. I know that for some of the young women I do meet, a relationship with me can be envisioned as a benefit to their career.
  Michael Douglas

en It is possible that the public is putting defibrillators in schools rather than senior centers because society values the opportunity to prevent the death of a young person over the opportunity to prevent the death of an older person. Alternatively, people may not realize that cardiac arrests are more common in senior centers or health clubs than in high schools.

en A significant number of those who participated in the war effort were young people. People who are returned maybe started at 9 years old and are now 25 years old, people who have never seen, literally, the classroom, and therefore have no skills.

en Over time, senior centers have evolved into becoming places where frail people go. That image has stigmatized them as far as healthy, active seniors go.

en I don't know. I suppose I grew up wishing I was an American Jew for the comedy and the one-liners. 'The Sunshine Boys' is one of my favorite films And maybe a bit of liberation, knowing that if I said it in American people would know what I meant. So I was trying on my language skills.

en It's not that we're trying to fill the town with seniors. It's helping to balance our residential housing. Over the last five years, we've had a loss of seniors. As people retired and taxes increased for schools, they moved away. We've started to see an increase, but it's not keeping pace with a lot of family subdivisions going up.

en In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.
  Theodore Roosevelt

en It's dangerous to put inexperienced people in some of these positions. Today, five years' experience is a really knowledgeable hand. A lot of the older hands have retired. A lot of the old oil field is gone.

en Right now is an excellent opportunity for businesses to look at wage-and-benefit packages and to become more competitive. It's also a time when companies can tap into the hidden labor pool -- people who are older or mildly disabled or those with weak language skills.

en [A retired teacher, and the daughter of a teacher who spent her career in the one- and two-room schools of a racially segregated Limestone County, Maggie attributes her ability to get along with people of all types, in part, to a lesson taught by the Rev. Judson King, her principal at Trinity High School.] Rev. King was reared on a sharecropper's place - in Georgia, I think, ... He used to tell us how when his daddy died, the owner put his family off the place the same day his daddy was buried. The person who saw them going along the road with all their belongings and took them in was white. Rev. King said, 'Always remember, not all white people are bad; not all black people are good.'

en Women are more independent these days; they make more money and it's hard to meet people. You wouldn't believe the number of women who've told me, 'Heidi, if you do this, I'll be the first one in line!' I mean, relationships are harder than dieting, you know what I mean?

en This is the largest response to a single natural disaster in the 125 years of the American Red Cross, and there's no doubt it will set many records in terms of the length and expanse of the operation. This will test our skills and our resources to the extreme, but the American Red Cross will be just as strong as the will of the American people, and we all know that's a will that won't fail.

en For the millions of Afghans who turned out to vote, this was a significant ... advance on the road to democracy, ... Four years ago, the Taliban were here and women were being stoned to death ... and now you have women running polling centers and women voting.


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