But 15 years on, a pensioner has come forward to cast doubt on the spectre.
然而15年后，一个退休老人逐步揭开了幽灵疑云。
ARPUTHAM AMMAL, a pensioner with curly silver hair and a wheezing cough, is an abolitionist.
满头卷曲白发、不时气喘咳嗽的退休金领取人阿普塔姆·安马尔是一名主张废除死刑的支持者。
His skin is thinning, his hair grows slowly and he suffers from the physical problems of a pensioner.
他的皮肤是薄的，头发生长的很慢，和老人一样，他的身体也经常出现问题。
In a schoolyard a few score of boys, plus a pensioner who says he last held a gun 35 years ago, gather for three hours of training.
学校操场上，二十几位男孩还有一位退休老人，他说自己上一次摸枪已经是35年前了，集合起来接受三小时训练。
It said she was "by no means intelligent" and looked like a schoolgirl or a pensioner going shopping, after she compared it to a group of "small children".
当时，她把他们比作一组“小朋友”，随后，他们说，她“根本不聪明”，看上去就像个中学生，或者像个逛街的退休人员。
"As soon as Palestinian police come through those gates, we'll open fire," says a pensioner in Halamish, noting that religious Zionists make up 40% of Israel's combat units.
“只要巴勒斯坦警察跨过门槛，我们就开火。”Halamish一位退休老人如此说，并指出虔诚的犹太复国主义者占以色列战斗部队的40%。
Why, the argument goes, should a car-driving pensioner from Lincolnshire have to subsidise the daily commute of a stockbroker from Surrey?
有人争论道，为什么一个来自林肯郡的、有车开的、领着养老金的人必须去补贴一个来自萨里郡的股票经纪人的日常通勤呢？
"I haven't seen crowds here like this for a long time - and I think everyone has come to see Camilla," said pensioner Mary Relph, who lives locally and has been following the royals for decades.
王室随从玛丽·勒尔夫说，“我已经很久没有在这里看到这么多人了，我想大家都是冲着卡米拉来的。”玛丽就在当地居住，她跟随王室已经有几十年了。
France and Britain will have a much more favourable age pyramid, with more than two workers per pensioner.
法国和英国会有有利的多的年龄金字塔，每个退休者会有超过两个工作的人供养。
A Romanian pensioner has filed for divorce after 50 years because she is fed up with her husband spending their entire pension on stray dogs.
已经结婚50年的罗马尼亚退休老人提出了离婚，只因为她厌倦了丈夫把退休金都用在了流浪狗身上。
The cemetery phantom had been caught thanks to a lively elderly pensioner.
这个“墓地幽灵”的落网归功于一个很有活力的退休老人。
To police in a New Jersey seaside town, the rock legend Bob Dylan was merely an eccentric pensioner wandering the streets in the pouring rain.
对新泽西州一个海边小镇的警察来说，摇滚史上的传奇人物鲍勃·迪伦(Bob Dylan)只不过是个在倾盆大雨中漫步街头的行为古怪的老人。
Pensioner Ida Keeling, from New York, has set a new world best for her age group with a time of 29.86 seconds on the track, the Daily Mail of London reported.
据英国《每日邮报》报道，美国纽约一位95岁的退休老太太艾德·柯灵在60米短跑中跑出了29.86秒的好成绩，成为同年龄组的世界冠军。
According to a report by the authorities, every 2 taxpayers would have to support 1 pensioner in 2035.
据权威部门的报告，到2035年，我国每2名纳税人要供养1名养老金领取者。
The pensioner longed for a new family and her 66-year-old husband supported her idea of having another baby.
这位老人渴望一个新家，而且她66岁的老伴儿支持她再要一个孩子的想法。
The pensioner, whose birthday it actually was, became suspicious however when the woman asked her for a drink of water and then tried to hold a towel in front of her face.
领养老金的阿嬷确实要过生日，而当该女向她要一杯水喝，接著试图在她眼前抓住一条手巾时，阿嬷起了疑心。
A blind pensioner who was told he would never see again has miraculously regained his sight - while kissing a photograph of his late wife as he prepared for bed.
近日，一位失明的老汉在睡前亲吻亡妻相片后，竟然奇迹般重获光明！而此前他一直被诊断为永久失明。
The pensioner, who suffered from Alzheimers Disease, had survived a stroke and lost her speech.
这名退休老人患有老年痴呆症，并身患中风，并因此无法说话。
The pensioner, who has 11 grandchildren, said: "I practise each day and Ive got a rope at home that I use to pull my leg up higher."
现享受退休金的劳伊共有11个孙子。他说：“我每天都练功，我家里有根绳子，专门用来吊腿。”
The pensioner, who has 11 grandchildren, said: "I practise each day and Ive got a rope at home that I use to pull my leg up higher."
现享受退休金的劳伊共有11个孙子。他说：“我每天都练功，我家里有根绳子，专门用来吊腿。”
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