Word: septuagenarian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When he was foaled at Hanover Shoe Farms in Pennsylvania in the spring of 1977, it seemed unlikely that the son of Albatross, one of the first megabucks harness sires, would end up in a broken home. Galbraith, 43, and the septuagenarian Berger had been informal partners for nearly a quarter of a century. When he was 19, Galbraith came as an apprentice to the woman's stables in Grand Island, N.Y., and over the years trained many of her top pacers. After Berger moved her breeding operation to Hanover Shoe Farms, she continued to use Galbraith...
Voters in California led the national revolt against high taxes two years ago by overwhelmingly passing Proposition 13, which slashed property levies in the state by an average of 57%. The vote made something of a folk hero out of Proposition 13's coauthor, salty septuagenarian Howard Jarvis. Now Jarvis has written Proposition 9, which would cut state income-tax rates in half, and succeeded in placing it on California ballots for a vote next Tuesday. But this time he seems likely to demonstrate only that anti-tax sentiment has its limits, even in the Golden State. A leading...