Irony. In a book or a movie, it\’s the writer\’s way of giving the observer a slap in the face. People attempt to expect the unexpected, but when it actually happens no one is prepared.
It took eight decades, but at last I know what is meant by \”second childhood.\”
The elders in these scenarios do not have dementia. Most courts would find them competent. How then are they bamboozled into losing what has taken a lifetime to accumulate? These examples of financial abuse (a form of elder abuse) occurred because of an insidious process called undue influence.
Election Day 2008 is still more than a year away, but the 24/7 news cycle and the tidal wave of money already lavished on a long list of serious contenders have combined to redouble the assault on our senses and pocketbooks. Here are some notes from the campaign trail:
World news briefs.
With \”failure\” officially stamped on Ehud Olmert\’s management of last summer\’s war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, the question is: What happens now?
When Eric R. Kandel says that this award means as much to him as the Nobel, a chuckle rises from the audience and quickly spills into applause. But Kandel isn\’t joking. \”I\’ve been asking myself,\” he says, \”what the difference is between being here and being in Stockholm.\” Again, there\’s laughter from the audience.
Observers estimate the average tenure of Jewish day school heads at between two and five years. Having labeled the problem a crisis, a consortium of organizations, including the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education and the Avichai Foundation, recently invited 50 participants to convene at a think tank consultation in New York.
At this high-tech, low-stress dating party, eager singles walk around, electronically zapping potential mates. Intrigued by this \”Go Go Gadget\” dating service, I decide to give it a whirl.
Even at 86 years old, Joe Weider gives you the sense he might have once been one of those Olympians. As he approaches the head of the table inside this wood-paneled room, Weider appears dapper and powerful, his muscular torso still filling out the gray pinstriped suit he wears with a starched white shirt and red power tie.
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