Word: septuagenarian
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...often seemed like things fell a little too perfectly in place for the producers the first time around - the fact, for instance, that two competing tribes lost their members at more or less the same rate. On the other hand, Stillman's postulate that CBS wanted to keep crusty septuagenarian Rudy Boesch to hang on to older viewers - the most actively despised demographic in television - is weird, to say the least. (CBS bought "Survivor" largely to win a younger audience.) Being a rank legal amateur, I'll leave it to trained professionals - or another set of legal rank amateurs drawn...
HELEN THOMAS Septuagenarian scribe gets new gig with Hearst. Will she cover President DiCaprio...
...still believes he could sell a final deal to his voters over the heads of their elected representatives in a referendum, but he's going into the summit looking over his right shoulder, and that bodes ill for the prospects of actually achieving an agreement. Because although the ailing septuagenarian Yasser Arafat may be the effective president-for-life of the Palestinians, concern over his own legacy - particularly the fear of being remembered as a traitor rather than a savior - has him going to Washington looking over his left shoulder. He even invited members of two left-wing factions opposed...
...septuagenarian Primakov offers a lot more than simply a few wily moves, a Kissingeresque eye for the bigger picture in the "great game" of geopolitics and an enviable respect and gravitas in Western corridors of power. He has a vision - a doctrine, if you like - which holds that despite its current weakness, Russia must use all means at its disposal to expand its sphere of influence, using its wits, strengths and historical relationships to contest U.S. global influence. As foreign minister, Primakov operated within the limits set by an unpopular regime led by an enfeebled president, but Moscow analysts believe...
...what will likely be the septuagenarian's last major undertaking, Wolfe has decided to hone in on the college experience. Perhaps peaking a little late he is intrigued by "hooking up," the title of a forthcoming collection of his essays. Already this year, Wolfe has visited Harvard twice. Is the acclaimed author in the custom-made $5,000 suits planning to use Harvard as a model for his next masterpiece...