No one knows why the master is afraid to close his eyes. Why, at 43, called out on the balcony of his life’s accomplishment to be cheered by the crowd, he has trouble simply keeping his balance. The supports of success are not holding. It
It is possible that a working class man may be able to negotiate passage into mid-life with less crisis than a middle management executive, who may feel the storm earlier-and even die from it. Two boats lie at anchor in the same harbor of a
Sixty million Americans listen to him every evening give an account of the world. They take from him their daily minimum requirement of composure. He is a star, a television newscaster, and a face better known than that of our Secretary of Defense. He can
Bethel, Alaska December 6, 1972 Wearily, Bethel Police Chief Tom Dillon went through his files: “The man had frozen to death within 15 feet of the door to the house where the party was in progress. We figure he got sick, went outside and
Attitudes toward old age in Japan depend somewhat on what one thinks about bowling, baby carriages, hamburgers and democracy. All are, of course, post-war innovations introduced by the U.S. Occupation. Any of them, the influx of democratic ideas in particular, have become examples of American
