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  • Old Graybeard has done more than help sink the Vikings 'hopes this year: He's tarnished his legacy in unspeakable ways and probably wishes he'd hung it up for good last year.

    Vikings are biggest loser Richard Boadu 2010

  • Graybeard Amani Toomer still possesses a knack for making the big catch.

    After title in make-or-break year, Coughlin, G-men back in heat 2008

  • The Hothouse series was superb far-future speculation, and such works as the Helliconia series and Graybeard rank among the pantheon of all sf of the past half-century.

    Archive 2010-02-01 adamosf 2010

  • The Hothouse series was superb far-future speculation, and such works as the Helliconia series and Graybeard rank among the pantheon of all sf of the past half-century.

    Twelve Greatest Living Science Fiction Writers adamosf 2010

  • But “Graybeard” for me connotes a wise, old man: as a result, I may be more likely to perceive his behavior as indicative of his wisdom than see it as foolishness.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • Jane Goodall famously violated this maxim, and “Graybeard” became known to the world.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • But “Graybeard” for me connotes a wise, old man: as a result, I may be more likely to perceive his behavior as indicative of his wisdom than see it as foolishness.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • Jane Goodall famously violated this maxim, and “Graybeard” became known to the world.

    INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

  • DENVER (AP) - Graybeard Brett Favre certainly isn't running low on arm strength or signature moments.

    USATODAY.com - Football - Green Bay vs. Denver 2006

  • “Have you found Graybeard?” she asked me, her voice whispery and slowed by painkillers.

    7th Heaven Patterson, James 2008

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