May 2010
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272 pages
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Generations, Inc.: From Boomers to Linksters—Managing the Friction Between Generations at Work
by Meagan Johnson, Larry Johnson
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Chapter 1 Signposts: Harbingers of Things to Come
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2. “Live Births and Birth Rates by Year.” Infoplease, http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005067.html (site last accessed November 20, 2009) (data originally from the U.S. Census Bureau).
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4. http://www.jonathanpontell.com/aboutgenjones.htm (site last accessed on November 20, 2009).
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