The Echo was disproportionately read by skilled manual workers and by the middle-aged and old.

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There, I've said it: Middle-aged men and women and people old enough to be thanked by Willard on the "Today" show still want it all.

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He was middle-aged before he achieved any recognition and old before he was sought after.

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And although imaging studies show that middle-aged people may use different brain regions to do the same old tasks, cognitive tests show that apart from brute speed, the brain's abilities are not diminished in middle age.

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Her unease lasted through the introductions of two elderly Russian couples, two elderly Chinese couples, three middle-aged Dominican couples, one handsome young Haitian man, one very tall, very old, and very loud Haitian woman with a funny name Oolna and one dark-skinned woman who spoke so fast and with such a heavy accent that nobody could understand what she said or where she came from.

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Then in 1982, a middle-aged cleric and rising parliamentarian, impressed by his ambition and zeal, recruited the 18-year-old Mr. Vahedi to join his staff.

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