Word: septuagenarian
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America's oldest living teenager has always liked hanging with the kids. But when DICK CLARK turned down a fellow septuagenarian for a job at his production company, he landed in some grownup legal trouble. Producer Ralph Andrews, 76, filed suit against Clark, 74, for age discrimination last week, citing a letter Clark wrote him. "The last development guy we hired was 27 years old," it says, according to the claim. "People our age are considered dinosaurs!" A spokesman for Dick Clark Productions declined to comment. Clark's other employees may want to stock up on their Grecian Formula...
...nearest began to stomp toward us, thumping their trunks on the ground. It was our third encounter with Sri Lankan pachyderms in less than a week, and though we escaped by crazily zigzagging in reverse, this one was rather close for comfort. "You're very fortunate," said Premaratna, our septuagenarian guide. "I've never seen so many herds assembled at one time." He estimated that there were about 1,000 elephants graying the grassy expanse that is the Minneriya-Giritale Sanctuary - about one-third of the country's wild-elephant population. Minneriya must be one of Sri Lanka 's best...
...failed him. At the University of Georgia, Seacrest majored in not just broadcasting but also business. "You can't be successful and have longevity in this business," he says, "if you don't have a business plan." Under Seacrest's thoroughly modern metrosexual exterior beats the heart of a septuagenarian Hollywood dinosaur. Among his idols, he says, are Larry King and Dick Clark, and Seacrest turned to the latter for advice on how to transform a spiffy smile and an affinity for what the kids like into a TV-production empire...
...third encounter with Sri Lankan pachyderms in less than a week, and though we escaped by crazily zigzagging in reverse, this one was rather close for comfort. "You're very fortunate," said Premaratna, our septuagenarian guide. "I've never seen so many herds assembled at one time." He estimated that there were about 1,000 elephants graying the grassy expanse that is the Minneriya-Giritale Sanctuary?about a third of the country's wild-elephant population...
...With her violet, oversized glasses, baggy purple smock and toothy smile, Chieko Saito could be your grandmother. But she is a bit different from the average septuagenarian. When Saito was in her mid-30s, she decided to get into the nude-dancing business, recalling, "I liked dancing, and as for the nude part, I didn't care." At first, she danced in a friend's theater after the movies played. Then, in 1962, she bought her own strip club; less than a decade later, she owned more than 20 theaters across Japan. Along the way, Saito's money...