mid-fifties

And now more than ever, being in her mid-fifties though she looked ten years younger, she felt obligated to conduct herself with dignity.

The Painter's Wife, a short story 2009

In the mid-fifties, when I returned to New York after serving in the Korean War, my first job was doing publicity for an Italian aircraft company called Piaggio.

Jay Weston: Celebrating Its 150th Anniversary, Italy Comes to Beverly Hills... By Car Jay Weston 2011

And of course -- like Taylor -- I'm a writer; I have a double respect for the man who both endured the rigors of fighting fire until his mid-fifties and wrote a riveting book about his life on the fireline.

Mary Pauline Lowry: Smokejumper, Bestselling Memoirist Murry Taylor's New Novel The Rhythm of Leaves: A Review Mary Pauline Lowry 2012

I'm in my mid-fifties, and am disappointed with a liquid (let alone total) net worth around twice the median.

Saving for Retirement, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

And of course -- like Taylor -- I'm a writer; I have a double respect for the man who both endured the rigors of fighting fire until his mid-fifties and wrote a riveting book about his life on the fireline.

Mary Pauline Lowry: Smokejumper, Bestselling Memoirist Murry Taylor's New Novel The Rhythm of Leaves: A Review Mary Pauline Lowry 2012

And the number of magazines devoted to SF has tailed downward since the mid-fifties.

Science Fiction, The Undead Genre « Hyperpat’s HyperDay 2009

I was immediately struck by the differences between stars then and now, reminded of the famed pictures taken by photographer Eve Arnold during that pivotal time in the mid-fifties, some private moments like Marilyn snapped from the rear in an airport ladies' room in Chicago, her skirt innocently hiked up, panties in view.

Regina Weinreich: Following Monroe: My Week With Marilyn Regina Weinreich 2011

I was immediately struck by the differences between stars then and now, reminded of the famed pictures taken by photographer Eve Arnold during that pivotal time in the mid-fifties, some private moments like Marilyn snapped from the rear in an airport ladies' room in Chicago, her skirt innocently hiked up, panties in view.

Regina Weinreich: Following Monroe: My Week With Marilyn Regina Weinreich 2011

And the number of magazines devoted to SF has tailed downward since the mid-fifties.

2009 August « Hyperpat’s HyperDay 2009

Exxon holds over 50 percent above its mid-fifties low of last year.

Oil! Oil! Boil And Bubble 2011