Word: octogenarian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...signature on a Communist front's petition accusing the U.S. of using poison gas in Viet Nam, and demanding withdrawal of American troops. It caused quite a flap for a day or two-until the boy withdrew his name. Both Sides of the Street. The octogenarian provided a more prolonged distraction. He was the Christian Democrats' Konrad Adenauer, who was noisily upset about the nuclear nonproliferation blueprint unveiled by the U.S. at the Geneva disarmament talks. Foreign Minister Gerhard Schröder, though none too pleased with a plan that could leave West Germany out in the cold...
...pages) and can laconically explain how the 19th century English scientist contributed to Einstein's General Field Theory. For the average nonreader, however, the safest summer investment might well be one of the numerous British novelists who produce short, superbly written books on subjects of total inconsequence: Octogenarian Frank Swinnerton, for example, who learned to write when Proust was an apprentice, and has turned out more than 30 novels of manners and malice (his latest: Quadrille) with a fine disregard for every development in fiction over the past 60 years...
While at Harvard, Scott played nearly twenty roles ranging from a Tennessee Williams teenager to the octogenarian King Lear. He was the first person in America to play Maurice in Genet's Deathwatch, and his recreation of the part in New York won him an Obie award. The New York critics named him Most Promising Actor of the Year for his 1960 Broadway performance in The Cool World...
Perhaps not. Inönü may well be nearing the end of his political career. But the suspicion grew last week that Inönü had deliberately allowed himself to be forced out. With elections coming up later this year, Octogenarian Inönü has been heavily criticized for being too soft on Cyprus, too slow in pushing national economic development. By handing his problems over to others for a few months, the old fox could hope that the new government would make a mess of things, allowing him to pick up the pieces...
...doughty octogenarian who fought under Atatürk, has survived one assassination attempt and two coups but has failed to halt the Justice Party, which has capitalized on Menderes' undeniable popularity. Tensions have increased in anticipation of the election scheduled for this year-which many think the Justice Party will win. Showing signs of desperation, Inönü's government has resorted to anti-American tactics with an electorate convinced that Washington let Turkey down in the Cyprus dispute. At the same time, Turkey-long known as one of the West's staunchest allies-has begun...