Hope springs eternal
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HE'S back, yes the editor returned from bicentennial crazy USA on Monday apparently unaffected by jet-lag—or was that because we were all half asleep in London's tropical temperatures anyway ?
The story we heard about Americans retiring at 50 if their length of service and age aggregated 80 was only partially correct. The rule does not apply throughout America but only in specific companies, each has its own house agreement.
Apparently the television image of the American tycoon is less than accurate. If, like me, you had the impression that to be a success in the States you've got to be less than 35, suffering from ulcers and be on your way to your second coronary then forget it. Apparently our former colonial cousins who are celebrating their liberation this weekend have changed. "We look for experience and it doesn't really matter what age a guy is if he can give us a few years of the right expertise," they told the ed. Well there ya go—that means there's hope for an ageing 35-year-old provided he guarantees not to pass on before he's 38— reasonable, old chap, reasonable.