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...more qualified than Verona Johnston to expound on the secrets behind a long, healthy life? The retired Latin teacher, mother of four, grandmother of 13 and great-grandmother of 23 turned 114 on Aug. 6, which makes her the oldest documented person in the U.S. And there's plenty of life in her yet. "I can remember names pretty well," says Johnston, who lived on her own in an apartment until age 98 but now shares a house in Worthington, Ohio, with her daughter Julie Johnson, 81, and Julie's husband Bruce, 83. In fact, Johnston's mind...
...Ralph Nader is one of those incredibly diverse public speakers that can pull out a bit of fact and then expound on it at length,” Richardson said...
With a remarkable ability to expound passionate ideals without seeming judgmental of others, this is not likely to be the last you hear of Jordan...
...Kennedy's assassination. He stood mute, tears coursing down his cheeks. Then he filched a picture of J.F.K. and joyfully told the world of his loving larceny. He held that picture to his heart the rest of his life. Once in Nixon's White House I listened to Moynihan expound on Schumpeterian economics while the snout of an opened champagne bottle peeked out of a desk drawer. "Pat's great," Nixon once told me, "as long as you get to him before noon." For my dime, he was great after noon or any other time, following the Churchillian example...
University President Lawrence H. Summers loves to expound on globalization, but this weekend he’s putting his money where his mouth is, flying Harvard’s central administration to London for a hands-on field trip...