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Even Nick Saban, the sport’s elder statesman, pronounced it all but dead.
"While Lachlan works closely with his father, I understand he remains estranged from his elder siblings," he alleges.
From BBC
The elder Cannon covered Reagan’s two-term presidency in the 1980s, but his relationship with the enigmatic Republican leader went back to the 1960s, when Reagan moved from acting to politics.
From Los Angeles Times
Overlooking David’s many strapping older brothers, the wise elder anoints the astonished kid as the next king, but cautions him that the ceremony must be kept secret.
The elder Reiner shot to stardom playing an outspoken liberal son-in-law on television’s “All in the Family.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
