Word: nonagenarian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...kept a watchful eye on his old friends. Last fall they came to him with a new sort of problem. Gas and oil had been discovered on their land, and they could soon expect to have $7,000,000 in royalties to spend. Last week, on the advice of Nonagenarian Faris, the Tribal Council deposited in the First National Bank of Albuquerque $1,000,000 in a special trust to ensure the tribe's future. The $40,000-a-year income it produces will be used as school and college scholarships for the Jicarillas-boys, girls and adults...
Mark Howe also sets down the fears of a nonagenarian mind that has retained the freshness and keenness of youth...
...snow) from the windshield-received a legal setback. Connecticut banned it on the ground that it obstructed the driver's view of the road. ¶ The city of Frederick, Md. (pop. 18,000), whose place in literature was made secure by the legendary skirmish between Stonewall Jackson and Nonagenarian Barbara Fritchie, tidied up some leftover history. Two years after its encounter with Jackson, Frederick was threatened with the torch by Confederate General Jubal Early, bought him off by putting up $200,000 in ransom money which the town borrowed in haste from five local banks. Ever since, Frederick...