As Naomi faces the uncertainties of youth, she's befriended by the nearly middle-aged, who are struggling furiously against its passing.
Or was it rather that the nearly middle-aged Proust realised that he didn't have as much time to lose as he thought, thanks to the disabling asthma that would eventually cut short his life at just 51? Perhaps Taylor is hazy on the detail because, in truth, there was no single moment of metamorphosis.
So what happens in 20 years when we're all nearly middle-aged?
Nearly all middle- and upper-middle-class families will lose some of the income tax cuts scheduled over the next eight years as they are forced to pay a separate tax originally intended to make sure that the rich cannot live tax-free, a study released today found.
Nearly the middle of September and Everton still haven't had a Saturday home game.
Mr. Obama, on the other hand, leans toward broader programs meant to help nearly all middle- and low-income families.
Nearly every Middle Eastern country is governed by an authoritarian regime, but that hasn't kept many of those countries — notably, Iran and Egypt — from developing surprisingly lively cinematic traditions.
Four ex-presidents are living in the United States: the 39th, the 41st, the 42nd and the 43rd; it's very likely that the 44th will occupy some dusty corner until nearly the middle of the 21st century.
It complains about his "moralising about the moralists" and categorises him as "a horrid left-liberal scold, dripping with contempt for nearly everything Middle American, who has grown rich and famous off ridiculing his fellow Minnesotans for the benefit of smirking elites everywhere".
