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Every Sunday Bruce Mehlman, a Washington insider (a “government relations consultant”) publishes “Six Chart Sunday” in his newsletter, Age of Disruption. They’re always fascinating and informative; this week’s was especially striking.

The chart above and five others, each with brief explanatory summaries, tell the tale of wide “Generation Gaps.”

As Victor Klemperer observed, “A generation has more in common, after all, than a nation, than a profession.”

* Bertrand Russell, Mortals and Others: American Essays 1931-35

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As we mind the gap, we might recall that it was on this date in 1971 that the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers hit #1 on the U.S. album chart (their second chart-topping album). A critical and popular success, it is also remembered for its cover (conceived by Andy Warhol and photographed and designed by members of his art collective, the Factory, featuring a zippable image of a man’s jeans) and for its introduction of the now ubiquitous tongue and lips logo.

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