With 17% of the population aged 60 or older, Uruguay is the oldest country in the Western Hemisphere.

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So does a touching child's tunic in linen the oldest spun fibre, older even than wool found in the necropolis of Zenobia, where a whole family had taken refuge.

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The American political system is one of the oldest in the world far older than those upstart regimes in France and Germany.

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Many in Britain may add that France has in fact a much older tradition: Look at Paris Match, the world's oldest celebrity magazine.

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They compared those children to youngsters born in January, who missed the cutoff date and so were the oldest in their class -- almost a full year older than those with December birthdays.

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The state has the 13th oldest population in the country, and Obama has struggled with older voters.

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This way Glenn can list his open quotes from oldest to youngest so that he can figure out why those older quotes are still hanging around.

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McCain turned 72 in August, which would make him the oldest man to begin a first term as president -- three years older than Ronald Reagan.

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Japan has one of the oldest populations in the developed world every fourth person is 65 or older and its number is on the decline.

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