There can be no certainty that Mr Reagan, victorious at the age of nearly 70, would pick well, cut through his competing lieutenants and have the agility of mind to see the critical issues.

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Others have found that Baby Boomers are less healthy than their parents at the same age, which might well be one of the factors behind the increasing numbers of Americans applying for disability coverage.

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The 12-year-olds, however, generally did as well as their mothers on social understanding tasks, indicating that children at this age can be as "socially sophisticated" as adults, the authors said.

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It is ridiculous that a person's entire life is determined by how well they did in an exam at the age of 11, as it is a fact of life that by and large, most people who get to university, for example, went to a grammar school first.

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During the climactic showdown, in a room filled with older men, she exchanges glances with Somayeh, who is half her age, and in that exchange there simmers, already, a well of bewilderment and exasperation at adult folly.

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