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Examples
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See if any of the crochety geriatrics in the GOP can pull a Thurmond and speak out agains the healthcare bill for 24 consecutive hours.
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Walsh says that the move allowed Obama to make McCain look old and crochety, and everyone laughs.
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I love the idea of making the protagonist a crochety old man who's just tired of the world.
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Bubby got crochety Hey F - not just your bubby you hates 6pm.
weekend that was; manic week ahead girliejones 2010
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Bubby got crochety Hey F - not just your bubby you hates 6pm.
weekend that was; manic week ahead girliejones 2010
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Walsh says that the move allowed Obama to make McCain look old and crochety, and everyone laughs.
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But, maybe I'm just getting crochety ... if I don't ask to be included on your list, why should I put up with your spam?
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Lorin Maazel, late of the New York Philharmonic -- where he drew both barbs and bravos from the critics -- strode vigorously across stage to the Disney Hall podium, telegraphing to the audience that this was no crochety 79-year-old maestro, but a commanding presence still, no matter which orchestra he stands before (of the 150 he's led over five decades).
Donna Perlmutter: Maazel to the Podium -- Still Collecting Orchestras 2010
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The fact that these crochety old-timers continue to use those words simply means that none of them have read a book since Barry Goldwater was running for President.
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Respectfully and cheerfully, the seeming kid launched into an expert health care policy analysis, eventually wearing down his crochety interrogator's defenses and preconceptions, until at the end, the two men were slapping each other five.
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