I found myself, at 81, an instant billionaire.

我发现我自己以一位81岁的亿万富翁。

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I am an 81-year-old black lady who has seen an awful lot in my lifetime," she said.

我是一名81岁的黑人老太太。 我的一生目睹了许许多多的事情。

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So, over the next 81 odd weeks…a long time I know, I’ll be musing on a passage each Sunday.

故而在接下来长达81周的时间里，我会每周日细读一段道德经。

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Heading east along the I-81, I catch fleeting glimpses of familiar country music scenes: countless fluttering Stars and Stripes flags, pick-up trucks outside shabby roadhouses.

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"I have no earthly knowledge of it, " said the 81-year-old, listed as chairman emeritus and a director for Stanford Financial Group.

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One conversation I particularly enjoyed was with one of India's greatest historians, 81-year-old Romila Thapar.

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