In an ageing society where many pensioners are refreshingly sprightly, the ruling party looks utterly clapped-out.
AU, something going round the sun would complete its orbit in a sprightly 5.8m years.
While at Berkeley Sehat met and married Weili Dai, a sprightly undergraduate programmer from Shanghai.
Despite the deficit the bottom-placed strugglers started the second half in sprightly fashion and enjoyed more possession.
Buoyed by higher house prices and a consumer splurge, the French economy was looking quite sprightly in the spring.
Strip out this cyclical stimulus and the country's performance would look less sprightly.
At low tide these sprightly vessels need assistance to make it into deeper channels, and the adventure begins at full-throttle.
The sprightly, boisterous production that opened Sunday features a very talented cast who pour their hearts and voices into their performances.
Some people age better than others, of course: the 65-year-old Harrison Ford looks sprightly enough in the new Indiana Jones film.
Nor does the 76-year-old Mr Mukherjee, though sprightly, make a convincing leader.
He arrived at the Sutton as a sprightly 62-year-old after a divorce.
The six-time Grand Slam winner was not his usual sprightly self and faced break points in the fourth game of the second set.
On the other hand, Lyle Lovett's latest album includes a sprightly number called "San Antonio Girl, " but not a single song about Austin.
Caley Thistle started the second half more sprightly and almost equalised when Barry Robson's corner was met at the near post by Paul Ritchie.
But would Indy, at 66, be able to conquer the steps of the Palais in the same sprightly manner as 78-year-old hardman Clint Eastwood?
The only live wire is Shakur, with his deep wariness of life, who has a couple of sprightly scenes that prod the picture awake.
Even the most avid radio listener can attest to every so often willing their sprightly and mullet-haired DJ to cut short a mind-numbingly lackluster song.
He relies on Mr Mukherjee, only slightly more sprightly at 75.
Replays were more conclusive this time, confirming he was plum in front and the decision halted the tourists' reply, which had begun in sprightly fashion.
And if you want the sprightly punchy, historically informed musicianship of Jos van Immerseel and Anima Eterna (Zig Zag Territories), you are out of luck altogether.
As they watch tour buses disgorge groups of sprightly 60-year-old pensioners in trainers into cobbled squares and historic cathedrals, most Europeans know that there is something amiss.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe moved to the podium with his trademark blend of languor and briskness - still looking reasonably sprightly for an 87-year-old in reportedly poor health.
But when General Augusto Pinochet arose from his wheelchair to greet his army friends at Santiago airport on March 3rd, he was sprightly enough to embarrass two governments.
When distinguished Slovenes were presented during Mr Clinton's visit, the one who earned the biggest cheer was Leon Stukelj, a sprightly former Olympic gymnast, now 100 years old.
Other central European currencies have been sprightly too (see chart).
Inokawa, sprightly despite her years and still not needing spectacles or a hearing aid, volunteers to help out with the lunches every day from six to 10 in the morning.
Such is the mighty boost of a humble espresso that the sprightly drink proved a pick-me-up for Starbucks' (nasdaq: SBUX - news - people ) revenue last month.
Boro came into the game off the back of three successive defeats and with only two wins from their last 24 outings, but they set about their task in sprightly fashion.
That would give it an orbital period of 341 years the longest yet measured and far longer than, for example, comet Halley, which goes around the sun in a sprightly 76 years.
Owing to high traffic and a sprightly character, OK Cupid was also perhaps the most desirable eligible bachelor out there, until February, when it was bought, for fifty million dollars, by Match.
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