Word: elderly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After the slayings, the sons dealt with their grief in different fashions. The elder bought a Porsche and a restaurant in Princeton, near the university from which he had been expelled in 1988 because of honor-code violations. His brother abandoned plans to enter UCLA and joined the junior professional tennis circuit...
...fine. But this is one of the ways of retaining control." Two groups, the Society for the Right to Die and Concern for Dying, both located in New York City, have distributed millions of living-will forms over the past 20 years. Other organizations, including the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys in Tucson, provide information on how to locate lawyers who specialize in drawing up such legal tools. In addition, many right-to-die advocates recommend the use of health-care proxies, documents authorizing another person to make medical decisions on one's behalf in the event...
...teacher there. Less expectably, he began to live with Janie ("Minto") Moore, who had been deserted by her husband; she was Lewis' senior by 25 years. Initially lovers, or so Wilson speculates, they settled into a surrogate mother-son relationship after their unorthodox menage was joined by Lewis' elder brother Warren, who had been cashiered from the army for alcoholism...
...will become still tougher if he begins negotiating some kind of political compromise. "No individual leader is able to take on these enormous tasks on his own," he reminded listeners last week. The question is whether Mandela's children and grandchildren will be as magnanimous -- and patient -- as the elder statesman...
...headbands marked VICTORY. Thanking them for their longtime support, he said, "I have put all my might into working for this town, but there's still a lot left to do." Then he suggested who might do it: "Please let Kenji work with you to carry that out." The elder Kosaka was campaigning for his son in hopes of continuing a family tradition. Three generations of the Kosaka clan have controlled the mountainous Nagano district, north of Tokyo...