New Left Review's fiftieth anniversary (or "quinquagenary") issue, John Lanchester talks to the NS about his book on the financial crisis.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Statesman] Reference

Philoxene’s letter to her cousin, and the moment she had read the answer, rather too explicit for her quinquagenary vanity, she sent for the banker and made close inquiries as to the exact fortune of Monsieur Mignon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modeste Mignon] Reference