Still athletically trim at age 54, Art Harmon has enough time in to be considered a venerable veteran like Howard Rowland.
JON PARELES DWIGHT YOAKAM 3 Pears (Warner Brothers) When he emerged in the '80s, Dwight Yoakam seemed more a dividend of punk and second-wave rockabilly than a fully paid-up country singer; in the country business now, at 55, he's considered a venerable elder, with plenty of Billboard country-chart hits behind him but still operating in a parallel universe.
One way Albee Baby has tried to solve this problem is by building up its web presence, considered a venerable force in the industry.
She offers a survey of library blogs, attends library conventions, writes about anarchist librarians, and considers how venerable institutions such as the New York Public Library are adapting to the world of Google.
Consider the venerable but beleaguered University of California system: a 2012 report out of its Berkeley branch, "Swapping Our Futures," shows that the whole system was losing $750,000 each month on interest-rate swaps -- a financial product that promised lower borrowing costs, but ended up draining the U.C. system of already-scarce resources.
Now, to be considered for some venerable buildings, an applicant must submit three months' worth of cancelled checks, forgo a mortgage, and — in one memorable case — pretend to have a cold in order to mask a Bronx accent.
If we're supposed to be trying to maximize our chance for survival, and thus our chances of passing along our genes, then this sort of behavior should be considered insane, not venerable.
But other venerable actors considered for the role included Sean Penn, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
Following the April 29 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at London's Westminster Abbey (which is not considered a cathedral), the Venerable Simon Burton-Jones, archdeacon for the Diocese of Rochester, told ENInews: "I think we're going to have to wait a year or so to see just how the wedding impacted on people".
Consider that the venerable Monterey Jazz Festival takes place next weekend, from Sept. 17 to 19.
