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Nikola Pashitch, "octogenarian monocrat," became so obsessed with his power to rule the Balkans with an iron hand that his views, somewhat arbitrarily enunciated, were reported to have angered King Alexander, a determined and able ruler. Result: Pashitch, who was then Premier, resigned, having first advised a general election (TIME, July...
Uncle Shiras Graham, general octogenarian reprobate, whose life was saddened when he bought his way out of the Civil War draft, dies after the heartbreaking discovery that $50,000,000 could not all be profitably used in the interests of monkey glands...
Since the death of Knute Nelson, Carroll A. Page of Vermont has been the only octogenarian in the Senate. His colleague from Vermont?William P. Dillingham?will enter the eighties in December...
...That eager will has not relaxed. That calm, clear intelligence is not less insistent in its demands. There is the same impatience with things as they are and the resolve to change them in the interest of things as they ought to be. I am not sure that the octogenarian is not still open to the criticism of middle-aged persons that he "wants to do too many things at once." In any organization to which he belongs you will find him pulling at the tugs with all his might, in the tranquil assurance that there will be enough prudent...
...known throughout the country as an orator and as a writer of Pilgrim history, died very suddenly of heart failure at his home in Plymouth last Tuesday at the age of 86. Mr. Davis is the author of "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth" and "Pilgrim Memories of an Octogenarian." He was vice-president of the Pilgrim Society and president of the Pilgrim Society of Plymouth. For many years he has been an active and prominent citizen of Plymouth...