Meanwhile, the audience grows old, becomes grandparents, and finds religion, praying for release.
Peterson authored Running on Empty (2004), Will America Grow Up Before It Grows Old? (1996) and, lest his theme escape you, Facing Up: How to Rescue the Economy from Crushing Debt and Restore the American Dream (1993).
That should be handy as the seven-year-old company grows, spreads across multiple continents and eventually IPOs.
Take Nashon Zimba, a 25-year-old peasant who grows maize, beans and tobacco on 1.8 hectares (4.5 acres) in Chiponde, a small village in Kasungu district, north-west of Lilongwe.
When asked what he wants to do when he grows up, 4-year-old Ben Sedgmer blurts out, "Coal miner!"
As education grows and class distinctions blur, voters discard old loyalties.
Usually the potential for change is building for a long time, but then there is some environmental shift (visually depicted as B, below.) The old is made obsolete while the new grows aggressively.
An ethnobotanist friend, Chaiyong Rujjanawate, helped her identify buds that were safe to eat, and Ms. Potiwat, 58 years old, now works exclusively with the flowers she grows in her organic garden.
As Benjamin grows into childhood, he still has the look and infirmities of a very old man.
At MomsLikeMe.com, 23-year-old Lynsee has been blogging her entire pregnancy, complete with photos of her as her belly grows and video of her ultrasound sessions.
Mr. Rechler, chief executive of RXR Realty LLC, is betting that Midtown, where leasing has slowed in the past 18 months, will regain its status as New York's most desirable office district when the economy picks up and more old-guard companies look for extra space and as rent in the trendy hot spots grows more expensive.
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