At age seventy-four, he became what he shyly terms a `` pupil '' of Andres Segovia, the great guitarist of the Western world.

At about the age of twelve I became a Spencerian liberal, and I have always considered myself a liberal of some kind even though the definition has changed repeatedly since Spencer became a reactionary.

At the age of 17 he became an apprentice machinist at the shop of Walcott & Harris in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, and following two or three other jobs in quick succession after graduation, he went into business for himself in 1831, making lathes and small tools.

At the age of ten, when he was working as a newsboy in the Loop, he was knocked down by a streetcar which resulted in his permanently shortened leg.

At the time the will was drawn Mr. Hohlbein mentioned to me how mentally alert she seemed for her age, knowing just what changes she wanted made and so forth ''.

At about the age of eighteen, he went to Athens to continue his education at Plato's Academy.

At the start of a new industrial age in the 18th century, it was believed that " people are the riches of the nation ", and there was a general faith in an economy that paid its workers low wages because high wages meant workers would work less.

While Miss Marple is described as ' an old lady ' in many of the stories, her age is mentioned in " At Bertram's Hotel ", where it is said she visited the hotel when she was 14 and almost 60 years have passed since then.

At the age of 30, in 1905, Schweitzer answered the call of " The Society of the Evangelist Missions of Paris " which was looking for a medical doctor.

At the age of 13, Mackenzie's father died, and he was forced to end his formal education in order to help support his family.

At the age of 16 he apprenticed as a stonemason and by the age of 20 he had reached journeyman status in this field.

At age six, young Bronson began his formal education in a one-room schoolhouse in the center of town but learned how to read at home with the help of his mother.

The school taught only reading, writing, and spelling and he left this school at the age of 10. At age 13, his uncle, Reverend Tillotson Bronson, invited Alcott into his home in Cheshire, Connecticut to be educated and prepared for college.

At age 17, Alcott passed the exam for a teaching certificate but had trouble finding work as a teacher.

At the age of eleven, he joined his father on a ship as an apprentice ; his seagoing career would be marked by headstrong disobedience.

At age 12 he was whiter than ivory, had hair lighter than gold, and could lift 10 bear skins at once.

At age 16 or 17, Johnson left his apprenticeship and ran away with his brother William.

At the age of 18, Johnson married 16-year-old Eliza McCardle in 1827 ; she was the daughter of a local shoemaker.

At the age of fourteen he entered the Camaldolese Order in the Monastery of St. Mary of the Angels in Florence, and rapidly became a leading theologian and Hellenist.

At the age of 25, he was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences, France's most elite scientific society, for an essay on street lighting and in recognition of his earlier research.

At the age of 13 he entered the Göttingen Gymnasium, residing at the home of one of the professors.

At age 18, the youth began a rapid advancement through the company, becoming the superintendent of the Pittsburgh Division.

At the age of 19 she left Haworth and worked as a governess between 1839 and 1845.

At 72 years of age, Attlee contested the 1955 general election against Anthony Eden, which saw the Conservative majority increase.

At the time, the final episode of The Fugitive held the record for the greatest number of American homes with television sets to watch a series finale, at 72 % in August 1967.

At age 72, Riefenstahl began pursuing underwater photography after lying about her age to gain certification for scuba diving ( she cut 20 years off her age ).

At Live Aid, held at Wembley on 13 July 1985, in front of the biggest-ever TV audience of 1. 9 billion, Queen performed some of their greatest hits, during which the sold-out stadium audience of 72, 000 people clapped, sang, and swayed in unison.

At its height, Li's power company controlled 72 % of all energy-producing assets in China, and was ranked as the sixtieth-largest company in the world by US magazine Fortune.

At an altitude of 750 m ( 2, 460 ft ) the main thrusters began firing, slowing the fall until a height of 22 m ( 72 ft ) was reached.

At such low temperatures the clinically dead state can be sustained without serious brain injury for up to 72 hours. Longer durations are possible at lower temperatures, but the usefulness of longer procedures has not been established yet.

At year end LSE had endowments of £ 81. 72 million ( 2009 / 10 – £ 72. 63 million ) and total net assets of £ 365. 59 million ( 2009 / 10 – £ 337. 23 million ).

At meetings held at the Westminster Palace Hotel, the delegates reviewed and approved the 72 resolutions ; although Charles Tupper had promised anti-union forces in Nova Scotia that he would push for amendments, he was unsuccessful in getting any passed.

At the 2000 census, there were 259 people, 89 households and 72 families residing in the township.

At the 2000 census, there were 72 people, 27 households and 20 families residing in the town.

At that time, it built its first New York City color TV studio, Studio 72, at 2248 Broadway ( 81st Street ).

At the same time, sertraline resulted in a much lower rate of side effects than amitriptyline ( 49 %, vs. 72 % for amitriptyline and 32 % for placebo ), particularly dry mouth, somnolence, constipation and increased appetite.

At that time there were said to be 72 buildings occupied by an abbot and 21 monks, attended by 102 servants, with an income of £ 351 a year.

At its height of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 131, 533 Allied pilots and aircrew were trained in Canada, 72, 835 of which were Canadian.

At the age of 72, he became commander-in-chief of the Finnish armed forces after the Soviet attack on 30 November.

At Metacritic the film has weighted mean score of 72 out of 100 based on 16 reviews.

" At age 72, Buñuel had not lost his enthusiasm for this film, asking the octogenarian Lang for his autograph.

For the series ' twelfth season, 1971 – 72, CBS initially decided the show would remain on Saturday nights, but its time slot would be moved from 8: 30 P. M. to 8: 00 P. M. At the last minute, CBS President Fred Silverman ordered that My Three Sons be moved to Monday nights at 10: 00 P. M. and that the hugely popular All in the Family be scheduled for Saturday nights at 8: 00 P. M. As a result, the ratings for My Three Sons plummeted.

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 4 reviews, which indicates " generally favorable reviews ".

At the age of 72, ( in 1910 ) van der Waals was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.

At the age of 72 years and 4 and a half months, he attained nirvana in the area known as Pawapuri on the last day of the Indian and Jain calendars, Diwali.

At the time of the 1922 census of Palestine, al-Birwa had a population of 735 Muslims and 72 Christians, mostly Orthodox Christians with a few Anglicans.