Newsweek - USA (2021-02-12)

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

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With divorce rates high across the U.S., Newsweek related, “Getting

in and out of divorce is almost like getting in and out of taxis.” In

the middle of the sexual revolution, “what underlies the failure of so many

marriages is not a new form of friction—but a new unwillingness to tolerate

the old frictions.” Roughly 40 percent of ended marriages had lasted at least 10

years. After reaching a peak in 1981, the U.S. divorce rate has been steadily

declining. Only 7.6 out of 1,000 women divorced in 2019—a 50-year low.

1986

“Barely a minute into its 10th orbital

mission, the shuttle Challenger exploded,

killing six astronauts and teacher Christa

McAuliffe,” wrote Newsweek. Shocking

the country, “even the computers

seemed reluctant to believe the swift,

sudden evidence.” This year, McAuliffe is

being honored on a silver dollar that

reads, “I touch the future. I teach.”

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2006

“Well on its way to having the technology

that could be used to produce nuclear

weapons,” Newsweek said, “Tehran is

now thumbing its nose at the international

community.” President Ahmadinejad

“cracked jokes while talking about the

nuclear showdown.” Now, Iran breached

the nuclear deal it signed in 2015.