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...Democratic chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, set the rhetorical tone for committee hearings Thursday on whether to grant detainees habeas corpus, the right to argue in court that they are illegally held. "We must match our bedrock commitment to the rule of law and human rights," the septuagenarian declared, "to the enemy's propaganda of hatred...
...Your moment in the sun has already come and gone,” Bok said to his fellow septuagenarian at a February Faculty meeting...
...news of McCain's Gonzales announcement spread, reporters grumbled about being scooped by the wily septuagenarian. At first, McCain's staff assured them that the Senator had not intended his remarks to King to get out so soon. Then they told us they can't keep McCain from going off script, though, as one aide said, "I understand...
...stretch himself out.”Bok attributes his modest agenda to both his status as an interim president and the fact that he is 15 years older than he was when he left Mass. Hall.Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, a fellow septuagenarian, said that Bok actually sets an example for his younger peers.“Just by his example, our president makes us all feel younger and more sprightly,” said Knowles. “He’s just the same warm friend with the formidable intellect that I first meet...
...years of evading responsibility, the Japanese government issued a statement officially acknowledging the army's role - direct or indirect - in the forced prostitution. The reaction across Asia to Abe's remarks was instant and angry, with South Korea's foreign minister calling on Japan to "face the truth," while septuagenarian former sex slaves in the Philippines furiously denounced Abe as a liar...