Word: septuagenarian
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...that had been my head, I would have been killed," he said. "Opera is too dangerous." Instead he settled for gin rummy, frequent trips to nearby race tracks with such intimates as Toymaker Louis Marx, and daily sessions at the Biltmore Hotel steam baths, where Gimbel, even as a septuagenarian, impressed friends by swimming the 35-ft. length of the pool underwater...
This harsh and sarcastic message from France's Socialists appeared last week on auto windshields across the nation, and nobody doubted for a minute who was the target. It was that well-known septuagenarian Charles de Gaulle, who faced an increasingly critical electorate for a second term as President of France. The satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine portrayed the general alongside the outmoded French "75" cannon of World...
...problem is that the people he once called his descamisados (shirt less ones) do not need him any more. Argentina's working class is now well organized, and looking for leadership among half a dozen tough young politicians and labor leaders. To many of these leaders, the exiled septuagenarian is becoming an anachronism; some Peronistas pay him lip service but little else and unflatteringly call him "Casanova...
...decade, Duchamp and his second wife, Alexina ("Teeny"), nowadays play once a week at New York's London Terrace Chess Club. "Breathing is my prime occupation," he declares with a twinkle. "I am a respirateur." He is content to be a wry and impish commentator, and from his septuagenarian's viewpoint, he sees much to cheer...
...votes in a hangar at Logan Airport, then did away with the ballots to preserve the secrecy the architects demanded.) They had agreed, with the six foreigners among them vigorously concurring, that the architect should be an American. Almost everyone listed Mies van der Rohe, the German-born septuagenarian who is generally looked upon (along with LeCorbusier and the late Frank Lloyd Wright) as one of the three greatest architects of the 20th century. Most of the selections also included Warnecke, because of his association with the President. There were several votes for a corporation, the giant firm of Skidmore...