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At 38 years old, Jonathan Gluck was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer—and told he might have as little as 18 months to live.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

I’m reminded of the now very old adage, “Nobody gets fired buying IBM.”

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Now 81, my Nana — she prefers this title over “abuela,” which she said made her sound old — enjoys binge-watching true-crime shows and Fox News.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Powell, who was born in 1953, is also old enough to remember the disastrous 1970s, when the Federal Reserve lost control of inflation by cutting short-term rates too soon and too much.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Then it cast them off like an old human shoe.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman