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Today’s longevity-medicine movement is driven by the same aggressive desire for eternal youth as the mythic stories of old.
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Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
On the other hand, tons of old favorites that have been around forever are fair game for propagating.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
There are cabinets filled with buttons, trays of trimmings, bolts of old fabric rescued from defunct fashion houses.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
The Foley House Inn, a boutique hotel converted from a pair of townhouses built in the late 1800s, has the charm and character of old Savannah.
—Adam Kuehl, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
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Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
On the other hand, tons of old favorites that have been around forever are fair game for propagating.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
There are cabinets filled with buttons, trays of trimmings, bolts of old fabric rescued from defunct fashion houses.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
The Foley House Inn, a boutique hotel converted from a pair of townhouses built in the late 1800s, has the charm and character of old Savannah.
—Adam Kuehl, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Of old.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20old. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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