Perhaps because of this, analysts are increasingly inclined to use the word gerontocracy to define our form of government. From Wordnik.com. [Yoani Sanchez: The Younger Generation is Coming Like a Whirlwind to Dismantle Everything] Reference
The word gerontocracy has appeared in four New York Times articles in the past year, including on Nov. 22 in "Saudi King Is Heading to U.S. for Medical Care," by Reuters. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The Turks believe that the era of political dinosaurs is gone and want to end what it refers to as 'gerontocracy' that has held the political reins of power since independence. From Wordnik.com. [Thisday Online] Reference
But a world of portable minds will be more turbulent than a simple gerontocracy. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Editor] Reference
Now it is all too obvious that the new regime is led by a dull and tired gerontocracy. From Wordnik.com. [Cuba's Generation Gap] Reference
Maybe we should be calling our government what it has literally become: a veritable gerontocracy. From Wordnik.com. [John Seery: Barack's Ballyhooed Youth Brigade Should Be Asking: "Dude, Where's My Congress?"] Reference
And so the effect of it is that in the early decades of this new century, America will become a gerontocracy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Millennium 2000: 75 and Counting - January 3, 2000] Reference
They don't just want a rerun of this election: they want to expose the entire corrupt gerontocracy to election. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: Does This Mean War Between Israel and Iran Can Be Averted?] Reference
Kennedy was 37 at the time, which, while certainly youthful by the standards of the gerontocracy known as the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [From the WSJ Opinion Archives] Reference
After twenty-two years in power, the gerontocracy that surrounds the President tells him what they think he wants to hear. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaohs-in-Waiting] Reference
It is no wonder that many companies have turned to mandatory retirement to keep the boardroom from turning into a Kremlin-style gerontocracy. From Wordnik.com. [Recognizing the Value of Older Directors] Reference
The Beijing gerontocracy folded partly because of private signals delivered by influential third parties who represent American business interests. From Wordnik.com. [The Conflict To Come] Reference
Considering that the TSE is a gerontocracy, I raise the prosaic hypothesis that ministers do not know the difference between spam and orkut or blogs. From Wordnik.com. [Brazil: Blogs banned from the 2008 elections] Reference
But it stands a better chance of survival than Egypt's pressure-cooker regime, the Saudi gerontocracy, Iran's theocracy or Libya's cult-of-personality state. From Wordnik.com. [Democratization and Its Discontents] Reference
Italians have a word for the problem: gerontocracy. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
The road to gerontocracy is in many ways irreversible. From Wordnik.com. [Belmont Club] Reference
The Saudi gerontocracy may be tested by the death of King. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
The old system of gerontocracy or near anarchy would no longer be useful. From Wordnik.com. [RPGnet] Reference
Up the winding path to the high school they snake, a gerontocracy in motion. From Wordnik.com. [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
We cannot and must not become a gerontocracy, distancing the youth from it all. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
To generalise, we are in danger of becoming a gerontocracy where the old vote and the young do not. From Wordnik.com. [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Since we live in a gerontocracy, why should anyone be surprised that teenager cancer victims are getting shafted?. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
A gerontocracy has been running Cuba for security reasons and they have to hand the car keys over to their middle aged kids. From Wordnik.com. [Law and Disorder Radio] Reference
The former Tory MP told Radio 4's Today programme that the international football federation was a "self-perpetuating gerontocracy". From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
"No-one wants the BBC to be a gerontocracy, dominated by elders. From Wordnik.com. [Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon] Reference
Word of the Day | gerontocracy. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
1932, will remain a gerontocracy unless it soon promotes younger princes. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The gerontocracy collapsed, and I cut my hair. From Wordnik.com. [3quarksdaily] Reference
Why strengthen Havana's hard-line gerontocracy?. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Where Impunity Reigns] Reference
Geronimo gerontocracy gerontology gerrymander. From Wordnik.com. [Entry Index: Gang of Four to Hamas] Reference
gerontocracy. From Wordnik.com. [gerontocracy] Reference
A gerontocracy. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Bough : a study of magic and religion] Reference
2002. gerontocracy. From Wordnik.com. [gerontocracy] Reference
gerontocracy •\ˌjer-ən-ˈtä-krə-sē\• noun. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
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