Word: octogenarians
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...Octogenarian John C. Coolidge, father of the President, received a let- ter from Mrs. J. D. Knapp, of Joliet, Ill., asking prices on his maple-sugar. He replied...
Pardon an octogenarian's lecture and believe...
Catherine Breshkovsky, octogenarian "grandmother of the Russian (Kerensky) Revolution of 1917," spoke to the world from her place of exile, the ancient and venerable city of Prague, CzechoSlovakian capital. She declared that Tsarism "was a little misfortune" to Russia compared with the slough of despondency into which Bolshevism has thrown that unfortunate country...
...Belgrade, Yugo-Slavian capital, Nikolai Pashitch pays no attention to the protests and growls of his angry opponents. Sitting back in his easy chair, the octogenarian Premier runs his desiccated fingers through his long beard and confidently hopes for an overwhelming "electoral" victory...
...toastmaster's chair sat Elihu Root, who in less than three months will attain to the honorable estate of octogenarian. In the chair of the guest of honor sat Chauncey M. Depew, who became an octogenarian more than a decade...