Sentences with phrase «very ripe old age»

I feel I've earned the right to stay in 5 star hotels at my very ripe old age.

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I have had three recent opportunities to observe the great man at relatively close quarters — twice at Akure, and once in a meeting in his Lekki Phase 1, Lagos home and on all occasions, the attributes that you observe are always the same - boldness; direct and forthright communication without mincing words; a willingness to challenge and even to confront; and of course his irrepressible energy and vigour, which for a man who has lived a very full and active life in journalism, political party organization, law practice, community affairs, pro-democracy advocacy and agitation, and to the ripe, old age of 90 is truly remarkable.

«There is very likely a group of people who have some unknown protective factor that allows them to live to a ripe old age without cognitive decline,» Fargo said.