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PAUL HARVEY Octogenarian radio host signs $100M contract. Bigger than Rush. Talk about a goood...
While Ford's doctors are optimistic about their octogenarian patient, who has been an active golfer and public speaker, they haven't escaped criticism for their missed first diagnosis. But casting blame won't do anyone much good. What the former President's experience should teach us is the importance of recognizing stroke symptoms and getting help fast...
Nowadays, Le Cap d'Agde is the nudist community in Southern France, with something for everyone. There are families with young children, large numbers of bronzed retirees, lots of elderly folk (with no handicap access to the beaches, one naked octogenarian regularly makes the rounds with his walker) and representatives of every age group in between. Everyone has a different reason for coming here. "There is more finesse, a bit more je ne sais quoi, to French naturism," a well-tanned Austrian in his 60s tells me as he prepares for another day on the sandy "nudism obligatory" beach, where...
Despite its octogenarian feel, scrapbooking in many ways is in its infancy. "There is no judgment on this craft," says Dale Nicholson, marketing manager at EK Success. "It's not like learning how to tie a bow and not knowing how to do it. It's your cataloging--your who, what, where, when, why"--which is another way of saying there's no accounting for all those heart borders and Barbie stickers...
...octogenarian is as matter-of-fact as a fried egg as he tells how he led the secret 1,800-man team that was responsible for delivering the first atom bomb to its target. Tibbets' tone can seem unnervingly detached from the immensity of his deed. "The seat slapped me on the ass" is how he recalls the moment when the five-ton bomb left the plane...