The book ends with Dionne's valentine to the Millennials, whom he finds to be the most passionately individualistic and communitarian generation, more practical than the baby boomers and more idealistic than Generation X, indeed a veritable reincarnation of the Greatest Generation (aside from the part about overcoming a depression and fighting a world war).
The big difference from the previous generation (aside from its significantly larger size) is what the company calls "Dual Listening" technology — that's basically a way to let ambient sound inside, while listening to music or speaking to the assistant.
Zhai Xiaobing, a graduate of the elite Peking University, had studied ancient Chinese literature and, like many of his generation, set aside the life of the mind for more practical pursuits: he worked at an investment fund.
James McCartney, Paul McCartney's thirty-four-year-old son, has told the BBC that he and the other Beatle sons have considered creating a band called "The Beatles The Next Generation". Set aside the possibility that this is a particularly sadomasochistic April Fools' joke, and you have, instead, a puzzling train of thought that cannot possibly stay on the tracks.
Raw generation power aside, the U.S. is hardly the world's most nuclear country.
In his absence, there is something of a paucity of obvious "new generation" candidates aside from New York's governor.
Other nations have moved on since: even India has moved on with an ageing, indolent, brilliantly talented generation now pushed aside in favour of a younger indolent, brilliantly talented generation.
As Gazprom became the chief means of rewarding Putin's inner circle — men who were elbowing the first generation of oligarchs aside — Putin installed another longtime associate, Viktor Zubkov, as chairman.
Her love of kitsch, once shared by other members of her generation then pushed aside by later trends, guides her decorating and landscaping, as well as her hairstyle and mismatched ensembles, which make Julian Schnabel's pajamas-in-public habit look conservative.
The truth is no generation regrets setting aside land for another.
Like many women of her generation, she pushed aside many of her aspirations when she married and had children.
