NEW YORK (AP) — Some are old enough to recall pioneering aviator Charles Lindbergh's tickertape parade. Others can share vivid memories of World War II or the Great Depression.

But unlike most people their age, New York City's federal judges prefer to strike one topic from the record: retirement.

"We don't talk about when anybody's going to quit or retire," says John F. Keenan, an 82-year-old Manhattan judge. "Some of the best judges we ever had … they worked right up until they died."

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