Younger siblings often learn lessons watching the elder ones, well, screw up.

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Perhaps the saddest aspect of Mr Khatami's dilemma is that he is being solicited not because he has new ideas or new methods of advancing old ones, but because he is an elder statesman whom the Council of Guardians, a vetting body, would not dare bar from running.

ECONOMIST: Iran

The most successful moments in Dawnguard are the ones where we get to peek deeper into Elder Scrolls lore, which has always been the strongest part of the series.

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Those may not the only choice and they are not what the elder can afford, but those expensive ones are most often prescribed.

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There is little here about the infinite gradations that divided earls from dukes, elder sons from their brothers, established titles from ones of recent creation and Haileybury from Eton.

ECONOMIST: The British empire

Moreover, 44.8% of the elder debtors had five or more credits cards, compared to 32.4% of younger ones.

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