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3 | (25) |
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Two Youth Culture: An American Tradition |
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28 | (28) |
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Three Boomer Beginnings and Age-Defying Denial |
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56 | (24) |
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Four Miracles of Modern Medicine and Other Half-truths |
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80 | (20) |
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Five A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Lose |
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100 | (27) |
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Six Women: Eventually the Only Sex |
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127 | (28) |
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Seven Greedy Geezers and Other Half-truths |
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155 | (25) |
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Eight The "Wisdom of Old Age" |
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180 | (30) |
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210 | (29) |
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Ten The Ethics of Longevity: An Argument in Search of Facts |
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239 | (26) |
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Eleven Necessary Bedfellows: Bridges Between Generations, Old-Age Autonomy |
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265 | (17) |
| Conclusion |
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282 | (15) |
| Acknowledgments |
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297 | (2) |
| Notes |
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299 | (12) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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311 | (4) |
| Index |
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