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gptkbp:instanceOf
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generator
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Lucky_Few
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gptkbp:birthYear
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1928
1945
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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gptkb:academic
loyalty
hard work
respect for authority
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gptkbp:culturalSignificance
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gptkb:television
rock and roll
suburbanization
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Baby_Boomers
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Silent Generation
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gptkbp:namedFor
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gptkb:Time_magazine
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gptkbp:nameOrigin
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perceived as less outspoken than previous generations
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gptkbp:notableFor
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growing up during the Great Depression
coming of age during World War II and the postwar era
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gptkbp:notableMembers
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gptkb:Elvis_Presley
gptkb:Gloria_Steinem
gptkb:John_McCain
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
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gptkbp:notableTrait
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conformity
traditionalism
civic-mindedness
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gptkbp:populationEstimate
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approximately 50 million in the US
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Greatest_Generation
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:retirementPeriod
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late 1980s to early 2000s
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gptkbp:significantEvent
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:McCarthyism
postwar economic boom
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gptkbp:workforceEntry
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late 1940s to early 1960s
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Baby_Boom
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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