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The power of fifty
April 13 - (The Sunday Times) They’re
happier, sexier and sassier. As Madonna faces 50, Sally
Brampton explains why she should celebrate what are
officially the best years of a woman’s life.
Full
story on timesonline.co.uk
Active over-50s
'after a challenge'
April 11 - (Alliance & Leicester) Alliance
& Leicester Current Accounts has found that for
many people, life really does begin at 50. With the
London Marathon fast approaching, its research has revealed
that half a million people aged 50 and over have already
completed a marathon, while a further 1.6 million have
run a long-distance race.
Full
story on moneynews.co.uk
Crayola marks
64-count box's 50th birthday with new colors
April 10 - (Star Tribune) Crayola this week
is announcing eight newly named colors this year, which
is the 50th anniversary of the crayon maker's iconic
64-count box.
Full
story on startribune.com
A Piece of
Our Time
March 27 - (Time) Just like Madonna and Michelle
Pfeiffer, the peace symbol is turning 50 this year.
When an icon turns that age, you can start making some
judgments about whether it has what it takes to endure.
Madonna? Hanging in there. Pfeiffer? We'll see. But
the peace symbol--it's 50 years young and going strong.
Full
story on time.com
Kilimanjaro
50-year-olds beat odds to summit
March 23 - (Des Moines Register) I returned
this month from a climbing trip of a lifetime, to the
northeast corner of Tanzania, home of Africa's tallest
mountain, snowcapped Mount Kilimanjaro. This was not
a trip for the fainthearted, but the excursion gave
eight lifelong friends from all over the globe, all
turning 50 this year, a chance to reconnect.
Full
story on desmoinesregister.com
Jamie Lee
Curtis Goes Topless For 50th Birthday
March 22 - (Entertainmentwise) The actress
appears on May’s cover of the American Association
of Retired Persons mag grey-haired and wading through
a swimming pool, which she says reflects her new understanding
of beauty.
Full
story on entertainmentwise.com
US satellite
still circling earth after 50 years
March 14 - Vanguard I, the oldest satellite
still orbiting the earth, will complete 50 years in
space on Monday. It was launched March 17,1958 from
Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Full
story on sify.com
Fabulous And
(Turning) Fifty!
March 11 - (CBS) Sharon Stone, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Annette Bening, Madonna and Holly Hunter are all turning
50 this year -- and fabulous, in our opinion!
Full
story on cbsnews.com
How good friends,
pets and diets are making 50-somethings feel 12 years
younger
March 10 - (Daily Mail) You are, they say,
only as old as you feel - and if you've passed your
50th birthday, that's a lot younger than you actually
are. Research suggests that the average over-50 feels
at least 12 years younger.
Full
story on dailymail.co.uk
The ICBM turns
50
February 23 - (Los Angeles Times) To the voluminous
list of ironies that attended the Cold War doctrine
of mutually assured destruction, we can add one more.
On its 50th birthday, the intercontinental ballistic
missile, that once-commanding symbol of the apocalypse,
has become a national security underdog, a defense system
whose future is uncertain, whose ranks are dwindling
and whose utility in the 21st century is in serious
question.
Full
story on latimes.com
Gibson Guitar
Celebrates 50 Years of the Flying V
February 5 - (Gibson Guitar) This year marks
the golden anniversary of the debut of the Gibson Flying
V, and this is the story of the guitar’s birth.
Full
story on modernguitars.com
50 Years Ago
Today Was First U.S. Satellite Launch
January 31 - (Wired) On Jan. 31, 1958, the
launch of the first United States satellite let a country
shocked by the Soviet Union's 1957 jump into space finally
breathe a little more easily.
Full
story on wired.com
Lego reaches
its 50th birthday
January 27 - (The Sun) IT has cemented its
place in history as one of the world’s most popular
toys and is now celebrating its half century. Lego is
50 years old.
Full
story on thesun.co.uk
50 years ago
this week, U.S. provided answer to Sputnik
January 27 - (Daily Gazette) Three months
ago, the space science community marked the 50th anniversary
of the first man-made object to orbit Earth, the Russian
Sputnik I. On Jan. 31, we observe the 50th anniversary
of the U.S. response to this Soviet triumph: the day
the space race took hold.
Full
story on dailygazette.com
Ellen DeGeneres
celebrates her 50th with star-studded karaoke
January 25 - (Showbizspy) Some of the entertainment
world’s biggest names did a karaoke turn for comedian
Ellen DeGeneres on her 50th birthday.
Full
story on showbizspy.com
Happy Birthday
to DARPA!
January 25 - (Wired) Can you believe it's
been half a century of robots, drones, Internet, GPS,
and cyborg insects? Me neither, but it's true, the Pentagon's
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, formed in
1958 in the wake of the Soviet launch of Sputnik, turns
50 this year.
Full
story on wired.com
A 50-Year-Old
Chair Design and, for 30 Years, a Craving
January 12 - (Washington Post) - The first
time I sat in an Eames lounge chair, I was hooked. It
was simply the most wonderful chair I had ever encountered,
its curved and playful profile unlike anything I had
ever seen.
Full
story on washingtonpost.com
The big 50
January 8 - (Daily Herald) - The Ford Edsel
came out the same year I did -- 1958. That was 50 years
ago, and I hope I haven't been nearly the flop the car
with the ox-yoke grille proved to be.
Full
story on dailyherald.com
50 things
I've learned in 50 years, a partial list in no particular
order
January 3 - (Chicago Tribune) - I’m
turning 50 next week. So I thought I’d take the
opportunity here to list 50 things I’ve learned
in 50 years—truths gleaned from experience and
the words of others that guide, inspire and sometimes
haunt me:
Full
story on chicagotribune.com
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