Why do people cross the usual borders of race, age or sex?
"There was no border of old age for the victims," Mr. Walther said of Mr. Demjanjuk and his alleged crimes at Sobibor.
On the border of old age, Mailer appears to have rejected thoughts of the crown and to have found it more satisfying to think of himself as a contender.
Not only that, but Franco has defied the dreaded border of old age, coming back to play in the major leagues at either nearly 41 (the Atlanta Braves' media guide) or nearly 44 (various baseball encyclopedias).
They're all set in Chicago (where Swanberg lives); they're all scenes from the middle class, involving a diverse array of people, some in business, some in the arts, family people with corporate jobs who are nearing the border of middle age, or rising young artists and artisans with or without day jobs.
Still on the game, like perpetual teenagers just after some no-responsibility fun, even though they are creeping towards the border of middle age.
It seems that at this stage, the cohort of older adults at the border of "fourth age" 27 are not yet ready to adopt an assistive robot, an emerging technological product but at the same time laden with stigmatizing symbolism.
Learn more about the Charles Novacek's memoir and life, and below, read an excerpt from Border Crossings: Coming Of Age in the Czech Resistance.
After passing away in 2007, Sandra Novacek, his second wife, decided to publish his memoir, Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance.
Scroll down to read an excerpt from Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistanceand see photos from the book, which is available at Amazon.com and independent bookstores throughout Detroit.
