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Baba Ramdev and the 72-year-old Hazare have been calling on the Indian government to introduce tough anti-corruption legislation.
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Skip was a buoyant 72-year-old Rhode Islander hampered for the time being by a cast protecting a broken ankle suffered when his self assurance over-reached his nimbleness in an ill-advised leap onto a rock at the beach.
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For the 72-year-old sociologist, the revolution against Hosni Mubarak has been many years in the making.
A Democrat's Triumphal Return to Cairo Bari Weiss 2011
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A 72-year-old grandmother has fallen love and is having a baby with her grandson, 26.
Gov. Schwarzenegger: “Roman Polanski Should Be Treated Like Everyone Else..” 2010
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Inside the Fox Theatre in downtown Oakland, where the 72-year-old Brown was holding an election night party, supporters cheered and shouted as the news broke over TV screens erected on the stage.
California election result: Jerry Brown triumphs over Meg Whitman's millions California Paul Harris in Oakland 2010
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So Ratzinger and his boys in lace will just have to be satisfied with robbing a 72-year-old Nobel Peace Prize nominee of his medical insurance and modest retirement plan.
Michele Somerville: A Frock Does Not A Priest Make Michele Somerville 2011
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The 72-year-old Italian's priority is to take Ireland to the Euro 2012 finals and, at the halfway point of the qualifying campaign, he has the team joint top of Group B with Russia and Slovakia.
Giovanni Trapattoni keen to stay on and gain revenge at 2014 World Cup 2011
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The son of Li Shuangjiang, a 72-year-old senior official in the People's Liberation Army known for singing patriotic songs at public events, will be detained in a correctional facility for one year, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
General's Son Punished Carlos Tejada 2011
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Mike Bach, an 80-year-old actor, bought his first detector last month and, after two days, bought another for his 72-year-old wife, Darlene.
Metal Detectors Hit the Jackpot Jack Nicas 2011
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Baba Ramdev and the 72-year-old Hazare have been calling on the Indian government to introduce tough anti-corruption legislation.
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