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...timing of Powell's resignation appeared to be dictated primarily by the approach of his 80th birthday on Sept. 19. The slender, bespectacled Virginian, who underwent surgery for prostate cancer in 1985, has continued his renowned six-day workweeks, with an occasional half day on Sunday, but apparently was afraid he would not be able to keep up the pace much longer. Said he, simply: "For me, age 80 suggests retirement...
Fenerty carries on every play from scrimmage and finally scores late in the fourth quarter on his 80th carry. But he collapses from exhaustion after that play, and the rest of the Crusaders refuse to kick the extra point until Fenerty is back on the field...
Sunday marked the 80th annual Columbus Day celebration for residents of the North End, whose Italian-American ancestors made the day a traditional party to commemorate the European discovery of America...
People's Daily last week celebrated the 80th birthday of Deng Xiaoping, China's top leader, not with an official announcement but with one of the paper's most unusual articles in recent memory. The subject: Deng's ordeal as a political outcast during the decade of Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution. The author: "Mao Mao," the childhood nickname of one of Deng's three daughters. According to her account, three years after Deng was ousted from Deng Xiaoping Mao's inner circle in 1966 for being too critical of economic policies...
...Great Hall of the People and spent an additional 40 minutes with Deng Xiaoping, China's de facto leader, who has elevated the recovery of Hong Kong to a national mission. By the time their discussion ended, Deng, looking tanned and healthy less than a month before his 80th birthday, seemed positively merry. "If we say that it was General de Gaulle who brought an end to French colonialism," he proclaimed, "then we can also say that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has brought an end to British colonial rule...