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The "Lost Generation" is a term used to refer to the generation, actually a cohort, that came of age during World War I.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Cuban President Raul Castro turns 81 on Sunday, another reminder to his countrymen and to the exiles who hate him that time is catching up with the island's aging revolutionaries.
But even with the actuarial inevitabilities looming, there is no indication that Cuba's leadership is moving quickly to prepare any younger possible successors to assume the mantle of Marxism under which the island has been guided for more than a half-century.Even Castro's April 2011 proposal to impose term limits on everyone in government including himself has yet to be enacted. His retired older brother Fidel is 85. His two top deputies are 81 and 80."Time and again they've postponed elevating figures from the next generation to the top levels of leadership," said Philip Peters, a Cuba analyst at the Virginia-based Lexington Institute. "It creates some uncertainty."Discussion of the Castros' eventual demise crops up year after year in a testament to their staying power. But the march of time has been particu...MILWAUKEE -- For students entering college this fall, e-mail is too slow, phones have never had cords and the computers they played with as kids are now in museums.T...
Global finance ministers are looking for ways to strengthen a fragile recovery and ease friction over currencies.They also want to preserve the close international c...
Every year, Beloit College in Beloit, Wis., releases its Mindset List to give a snapshot of the world view of the incoming freshmen class. The list for the Class of ...
The flood waters have mostly receded from the Swat Valley, leaving a vast swath of silt littered with the remains of houses, roads and bridges.Above it, there's the ...
The flood waters have mostly receded from the Swat Valley, leaving a vast swath of silt littered with the remains of houses, roads, and bridges.Above it, there's the...
Faced with data showing the economy is growing sparingly, President Obama on Monday called for a "full-scale attack" to revive the struggling economy and urged lawma...
Global finance leaders have failed to resolve deep differences that are threatening the outbreak of a full-blown currency war.Various nations are seeking to devalue ...
New research offers different view
Bank forecloses on grounds in Madison
The world's oldest man, 113-year-old World War I veteran Henry Allingham, died Saturday after spending his final years reminding Britain about the 9 million soldiers...
By Rabbi Abraham Cooper Associate Dean, Simon Wiesenthal CenterAt dusk on April 20th, Europe's elites will stand in solidarity as Jews gather on Yom Hashoah (Holocau...
Whether you're on a trip around Western Europe or just out for a quick jaunt within Spanish borders, mind that you might find yourself in Basque Country.It's indepen...
Wendell Pierce provides a look inside the National WWII Museum
Squeezed by a tight job market, young Americans are especially struggling. They have suffered bigger income losses than other age groups and are less likely to be em...
"Parlez-moi d'amour." Speak to me of love.This is Paris and the language is love — crazy love — amid the creative folly of a city whose ethereal beauty and bawdy und...
Young voters seek answers ahead of 2012
Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on shocking new statistic
Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on shocking new statistic
MILWAUKEE – For students entering college this fall, e-mail is too slow, phones have never had cords and the computers they played with as kids are now in museums.Th...
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