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Letter: Aged and active

Published 11 January 2003

From Erik Foxcroft

Not everyone is as considerate of centenarians as the Chemistry & Industry subscription people (Feedback, 7 December). In the winter 2002 edition of the Vegetarian Society magazine, there was an article about a Greek man who found himself removed from the electoral roll, as it was thought anyone born before 1890 must now be dead. Mr Karawassilis was alive and well at 113 and keen to vote for one of his grandsons.

St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Issue no. 2377 published 11 January 2003

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