But perhaps the biggest surprise of all has been the effect the high-octane, energy-drenched version of the game has had on its elder statesmen.

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The victim's elder brother, a high school graduate who is 17, has stopped preparing for exams in April to get into engineering college, where he hopes to pursue an undergraduate degree.

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The elder of two sons in a formidably intelligent and high-minded family, he was from a missionary background on both sides.

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"Many of us have grown up with Islwyn and Norman regard them as the elder statesmen of the choir and we hold them in high esteem, not just as first-class choristers but true gentlemen, " he added.

BBC: Islwyn Morgan (left) and Norman Martin

Fear is high that Apple is aging and that its fate will soon parallel the elder giants in the industry, like Microsoft and IBM.

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What still confounds Leslie and Jim Elder: How the cost of medical care, and medical insurance, went sky high in just over a decade.

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