Word: octogenarian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...denied last week that his gift was intended to send a message to any specific person. Gates has already "dramatically increased the amount he has given," Turner says. "I'm not on anyone's case right now." His role models range from billionaire philanthropist George Soros to octogenarian Oseola McCarty, the Mississippi washerwoman who gave $150,000 to pay for scholarships at a local college. And, says Turner, he draws inspiration from A Christmas Carol ("the greatest book on giving I ever read") and the joy Scrooge finds when he finally adopts a more charitable attitude toward the Cratchit family...
...octogenarian Galbraith has been a professor at Harvard since 1948. He was Ambassador to India during the administration of John F. Kennedy '40, who is a former Crimson editor, and administered the system of wartime price controls during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, who is a former Crimson president...
Setting: A dimly-lit courtroom. Only four people are present. The judge, a grizzly-looking octogenarian who scowls over his spectacles, swirling his grayish hair about his face; the prosecuting attorney, a carefully groomed elderly gentleman in a dark suit and briefcase; the defense attorney, a young, hot-shot legal rookie with his hair slicked back and Calvin Klein frames on his chiseled face; behind him silently sits a person whose gender, race and age are hidden by the lack of light...
...would be easy to view this 17-month old's rape as an isolated incident, with few implications beyond the horrifying scope of child abuse. Most of us will undoubtedly forget about this child's rape as we have forgotten about the brutal rape of an octogenarian grandmother last year in New York. I also want to forget. I want to forget the faces of my female peers who blame themselves after being "date raped," who would rather suffer the psychological and emotional consequences than be put on trial. But I can't forget the puffed eyes, or the anguished...
...reception for the wife of the Trinidadian Security Minister. Alma leaves friends in stitches by describing hellish dinner parties at which Colin always seems to be sharing a private joke with Princess Diana across the table while Alma has to shout conversation into the ear of an octogenarian. "It's not easy being the tail on Colin's kite," says someone who has seen Alma in action. "But she is always graceful and at ease; she never complains...