He is a leading light of Anglophone literature and he's a very strong--he actually retired from writing plays, so he said earlier this year, to dedicate himself purely on political activism.

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Even he admits that he was surprised to find so many retired officers advocating a more diplomatic approach and growing deeply concerned that the military establishment was becoming too hardline.

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My father entered the Army in the enlisted ranks and, twenty years later, retired as a Major, so he had a very successful military career.

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Zarb, 67, retired as Nasdaq chief executive last year, so he is in a position to advise Greenberg on the benefits of slowing down and enjoying the fruits of a long career.

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Nor has Jeremy Sommer, a fifty-four-year-old retired furniture manufacturer, who is so seasoned a traveller that he has two passports.

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For example, what if Joe Paterno at Penn State had retired, as many had wanted him to do so a decade before he did?

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