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The prime minister, who leads the Movement for Democratic Change, has made light of the pro-Mugabe rally in Bulawayo and the octogenarian's presidential candidacy.
Zimbabwe's Mugabe Gets Support Farai Mutsaka 2011
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Tributes were paid to the octogenarian's 50 years in the commentary box, rightly so in my admittedly inexpert opinion.
Peter Alliss: the pork pie of golf commentators | Martin Kelner 2011
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But when a billionaire octogenarian's mad pursuit of money and influence takes precedence over the fate of the planet, a special kind of immorality is at play.
Jeffrey Sachs: The Murdoch Legacy Jeffrey Sachs 2011
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A disconcerting recent painting, the artist working while "surprised by a naked admirer", fed readers' curiosity about the octogenarian's love life.
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The duly constituted board of News Corp does not share the great octogenarian's love of print: it is increasingly hacked off.
Rupert Murdoch: don't fear an old man in his twilight years 2011
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But when a billionaire octogenarian's mad pursuit of money and influence takes precedence over the fate of the planet, a special kind of immorality is at play.
Jeffrey Sachs: The Murdoch Legacy Jeffrey Sachs 2011
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The younger man spent six years cataloging the octogenarian's musical archives.
Saving the Songbook Joel Henning 2012
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Mugabe and his allies think the rural vote will decide the octogenarian's grip on power.
Michealene Cristini Risley: The Estimated Cost of Human Life in Zimbabwe is Four Dollars! 2008
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A few reporters and bloggers have raised questions about the octogenarian's mental competence as well as the motivations of his co-author, Roy Abraham Varghese.
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As he attempted to insert the key in the lock with a hand that trembled like an octogenarian's, she threw the jacket over his shoulders and said,
A Traitor to Memory George, Elizabeth 2001
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