What about all those media stories of shattered Gen-Xers giving up on their dreams of entrepreneurship?

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We take it for granted that Gen Y or Millennials grew up on social media, so they instantly know how to use it for professional purposes.

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Also on Wednesday, Gen Dannatt took up the largely ceremonial post of constable of the Tower of London.

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Maj-Gen Bolden grew up in segregated South Carolina and flew on more than 100 combat sorties in Vietnam.

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Mr. Baron Cohen instead showed up on the red carpet dressed as Gen.

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The lorry ended up on top of the bus, Gen Hussein al-Harithi, director of Abu Dhabi traffic police told state news agency WAM.

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The new government had "already given up all activities on nuclear issues", Lt Gen Hla Min told the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore.

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