Word: elder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Republicans expect Gerald Ford, 64, no matter how much he relishes retirement, to jump in, largely out of loyalty to the anti-Reaganites who supported him in 1976. In contrast to Reagan's courting of the party organization-traditionally dominated by conservatives-Ford has been playing the elder statesman. By Christmas, he will have logged more than 200,000 miles lecturing college students, playing in golf tournaments, and attending public gatherings. His strategy is to stay as prominent as possible, so that he can move fast if Reagan announces his candidacy. Observes David Liggett, Ford's 1976 coordinator...
...elder Hughes notched Harvard's second tally with 5:12 gone in the opening stanza when he fired the rebound of a Purdy slapshot by Frost...
Downey will add a tremendous amount of speed and an experienced point of view to the Harvard team this year. Downey is one of the team's elder statesmen, but she says she does not feel like the "senior advisor...
Louis Leakey did not take kindly to the acclaim that began pouring down on Richard. For years Louis had dominated African anthropology, at least in part by intimidating his rivals. But the elder Leakey's rugged existence was beginning to exact its toll. Never one to take care of himself, he had been suffering for years from the cumulative effects of tropical diseases, concussions, bee stings and snakebites. He had also seen his son assume the directorship of the National Museums of Kenya. Now the conflict between the two became so intense that it threatened to split the family. Mary...
...feud had ended in 1972 when the elder Leakey flew to Koobi Fora to spend an exciting evening with his son, examining fossils late into the night by the harsh light of a gas lantern. That night Louis predicted that Richard would find evidence of three hominid species at Turkana. A few weeks later, he died, unaware that events would prove him right. Says Richard: "I think his sheer dogged persistence?and his follow-through on ideas to the point where they were proved either right or wrong?was his greatest gift. In many ways, his greatest achievement...