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 \n11:45 a.m.,PridayCabernet Ballroom,Meridien Hotel  \nWednesday  \n4:45 p.m.,No-host Cocktails  \nWe are bombarded daily by disturbingrevelations of moral failure:the Valdez oilspill,insider trading,Bhopal,Irangate,Pen-tagon procurement scandals,steroid use byOlympic champions.Institutions that havealways taught a clear set of values—church,family,school—fail as the ethic of the in-dustrial age seems to have lost its rele-vance.Technology,greed,and political ex-pediency seem to have out raced the soul.  \n5:30 pm.,Program Begins  \n6:30 p.m.,Program AdjournsCalifornia West,St.Francis Hotel  \nTuesday  \nTickets—$5 for members,$10 for guests.Tickets should be picked up in advance.See advance ticket information,back page.  \n4:45 p.m.,Wine Reception  \n5:30 pm.,Program Begins  \n6:30 p.m.,Program AdjournsClub Office  \nAmerica is getting older.And Americansare living longer because ofadvancedmedical care and healthier lifestyles.Whentoday's 75 million members of the \"babyboom”generation retire in the next cen-tury,the nation will have to absorb un-precedented demands on its income secu-rity and health care systems.With the birthrate remaining at a low level,and few newworkers entering the economy,how willAmerica pay for the care and security of itsgrowing elderly population?  \nHow do we integrate conscience andmoral responsibility into the daily operationof our institutions,corporations,and lives?How do we keep ethics alive in an agewhen electronic transactions replace eyecontac and loyal relationships?How dowe balance Yankee individualism with col-lective need?Author and joumalist MoiraJohnston suggests that a New Ethic mayemerge from the very institution most un-der attack—the corporation.  \nIn Santa Rosa  \nIlya Gerol  \nSoviet Emigrant;Journalist;Author,The Threat and The Manipulators  \nWinner of the prestigious National Maga-zine Award for her expose on the Firestone500 tire,Johnston has authored severalbooks,including the crictically acclaimedTakeover,and dozens of articles on cul-tural,social,and ethical issues.Her latestbook,Mismatcb,chronicles the decline andrecovery of Bank of America and debatesthe future of America's economic power.  \nAs Commissioner of Social Security,Dor-cas Hardy manages the largest program inthe federal government,providing monthlyincome to over 40 million Americans.Shehas been outspoken in advocating a cohe-sive national retirement policy that empha-sizes the greater development of private re-sources to ease the pressure on existinggovernment social programs.  \nPerestroika andInternal Affairs in theSoviet Union  \n11:45 a.m.,ThursdayFountaingrove Country Chub1525 Fountaingrove ParkwaySanta Rosa  \nTickets—$5 for members,$10 for guests.Tickets should be picked up in advance.See advance ticket information,back page.  \nTickets—$16 for members,$20 for guests.Tickets should be picked up in advance.See advance ticket information,back page.  \nTickets—$22 for members,$30 for guests.Tickets should be picked up in advance.See advance ticket information,back page.  \nINSIDE:  \nCOMING EVENTS:  \nThe Continuing Middle-East Dialogu.…     184-193 Fashion that Pays Of……      …    ……185  \nThe Giants meet the Mets …………………………18658th Annual Book Award.…………………………192  \nTravel Calendar……………………………………………191  \nDoing Business with Korea………    …………Back Page  \n# The Middle-EastDialogueContinues\n\nThe Honorable  \nHarry Kney-TalConsul General,The State of Israel  \nM O N D A Y A P R I L 17  \nIN 1977,WHEN the late President Sadatsaid that he would travel to the ends of theworld—including the Israeli Knesset—tofind a way to break out of the vicious circleof violen","cbCaivHUmfI7uf6X","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivHUmfI7uf6X","pdf",3985494,13,"English","# The Dreaming Brain\n## We Are Getting Older, But Are We Getting Wiser?\n## Ethics: Search for the National Soul\n# The Middle-East Dialogue Continues","[{\"question\":\"What demographic and policy concern is raised for an aging America?\",\"answer\":\"It explains that Americans are living longer due to advanced medical care and healthier lifestyles, increasing demands on income security and health care systems, and asks how the nation will fund care for the growing elderly population.\"}]","The Dreaming Brain - Search for the National Soul | PDF",33]