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To: Miss Marple
Good evening lovely lady. Long time no talk to. I miss our conversations.

What is the "Fourth Turning?" Since you recommend it, I will put it on my reading list.

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291 posted on 09/02/2009 6:18:33 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: M Kehoe
It's a book by a couple of guys named Strauss and Howe. Their theory is that history goes through phases cyclically, and the phases are re-occurring and predictable.

There are 4 stages, and the last stage is "the fourth turning" in which the nation goes through a tremendous crisis and comes out of it forever changed.

The last "fourth turning" was the Depression-WWII period. We are due for another.

There is a web site at www.fourthturning.com.

Fascinating book, and one which I recommend.

297 posted on 09/02/2009 6:26:11 PM PDT by Miss Marple
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