The word "oldies" is usable in written English and is well written.
It is typically used to refer to older songs or music from the past, often from the 1950s to the 1980s. Example: "The radio station plays a great selection of oldies that remind me of my childhood." Alternatives include "classic hits" or "nostalgic tunes."
People often come along to see the oldies, but they leave talking about the young talent.
Typically, 500-1,000 oldies a day.No wonder cricket is the poor relation of team sports.
According to the McKinsey Global Institute, Shanghai and Beijing will head the list of global cities with the highest number of wealthy oldies in future: five of the top ten cities will be in China.China's middle classes are becoming increasingly fed up with shoddy services.
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So many oldies will mean almost half of government spending going to health care and support for the elderly.
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Holding down spending on social care, for which there is rising demand from an ageing population, has caused general pain, including in the NHS, because too many lonely oldies are landing up in hospital.Take the government's welfare reforms into account, and demographic as well as regional losers emerge from Mr Osborne's squeeze.
Most of the economies that have been growing bouncily (such as China) are not in the OECD.So why don't the oldies keep the youngsters out of jobs?
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