Advocacy Group: Zinfandel Advocates and Producers (ZAP) is a nonprofit association that organizes seminars, educational programs and wine tastings across the U.S. to promote Zinfandel and its high quality reputation.
A recent New York Times story calls a 69-year-old woman elderly. Philadelphia Metro considers 70 to be elderly. When NPR ran a story recently about a 71-year-old midwife, some readers objected to the word elderly in the original headline.
Some dictionaries define senior citizen as a person over the age of 65. In legislation, the term applies to the age at which pensions, social security or medical benefits for the elderly become available. In this country, traditionally people have been eligible to retire with full Social Security benefits at age 65.