The late Christopher Hitchens improved on Gore Vidal’s phrasing, citing the ‘bright autumn of my senescence’ in a 1994 book review, when he was not yet 50.
Though irony intended, the amusing and memorable phrase is particularly apt when applied to what seems like the entire US Democratic party.
Recently, Senator Dianne Feinstein returned to the capital after a 3-month absence due to illness.
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