Word: oldest
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Perhaps it is an immature impulse to wish for heroes. In the early '80s many of the young adopted the oldest American President, Ronald Reagan, as a kind of hero -- not a moral or political hero exactly, but rather a sort of hero of attitude, not a leader so much as a prince of nonchalance. That sort of hero does not nourish much, or perform the hero's function of inspiring people to be better, to do better...
Deaver, one President Reagan's closest and oldest political associates, was convicted Wednesday of lying to a House subcommittee and a grand jury that investigated the propriety of the lobbying he did for highpaying clients after he resigned as deputy White House chief of staff...
...many of the delegates the conferencerepresents a weekend of fun and a relaxing breakfrom school. Yesterday morning was left free sothey could visit classes and take tours of thenation's oldest University, but many of thedelegates used the time to sleep late or goshopping at the Copley mall...
...mother financially but has gone through long periods of not speaking to her, and regales friends with darkly comic tales of her attempts to rile him -- making mementos of his shows, for example, but pointedly omitting the flops. Mary Rodgers, daughter of Richard Rodgers and one of Sondheim's oldest friends, describes Sondheim's propensity for writing "eloquent, deliberately mean, really hooty little thank-you notes," and quotes a sample: "Dear Mary and Hank, Thanks for the plate, but where was my mother's head? Love, Steve...
...skinheads grow older, many tend to fade away. "I'm one of the oldest skinheads," says Victor, who is in his late...