It was a real stimulant to a lot of guys I know who have moved past the 2-score-year milestone.

Burgess has stated that the total of 21 chapters was an intentional nod to the age of 21 being recognised as a milestone in human maturation.

The creation of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1910 was regarded as a milestone on the road to the ultimate goal of abolition of war.

The establishment of universal male suffrage in France in 1848 was an important milestone in the history of democracy.

As of 23 September 2009, EDS began going to market as HP Enterprise Services, a name change which came one year after HP announced the acquisition of EDS and was a critical milestone as the integration of EDS into HP neared completion.

Although those programs included years of research and work, ELIZA remains a milestone simply because it was the first time a programmer had attempted such a human-machine interaction with the goal of creating the illusion ( however brief ) of human-human interaction.

The harnessing of fire was a pivotal milestone in human history.

The release of The Godfather in 1972 was a milestone in cinema.

His 30 September 1989 speech from the balcony of the German embassy in Prague was an important milestone on the road to the end of the GDR.

The last milestone was the General Assembly in March 1952, in Rome, Italy where the activities of the new IMU were inaugurated and the first Executive Committee, President and various commissions where elected.

In Europe, English received a more central role particularly since 1919, when the Treaty of Versailles was composed not only in French, the common language of diplomacy at the time, but, under special request from American president Woodrow Wilson, also in English-a major milestone in the globalisation of English.

The transformation of King's African Rifles to Kenya Military Forces on the midnight of 12 December 1963 was a major milestone in the foundation of today's Kenya Army units.

Although the manga was never completed, it is regarded as a milestone in Otomo's career as it contained many of the same themes he would explore in his later, more successful manga such as Dōmu.

The 2002 election was a milestone, marking Mali's first successful transition from one democratically elected president to another, despite the persistence of electoral irregularities and low voter turnout.

MySQL 5. 6, a development milestone release, was announced at the MySQL users conference 2011.

William A. Everett and Paul R. Laird wrote that this was a " show, that, like ' Show Boat ', became a milestone, so that later historians writing about important moments in twentieth-century theatre would begin to identify eras according to their relationship to ' Oklahoma.

One milestone was the publication in 1876 by Josiah Willard Gibbs of his paper, On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances.

Since nothing is known of the Saints Alexander, Eventius and Theodulus of 3 May other than their names and the facts that they were martyred and were buried at the seventh milestone of the Via Nomentana on that day, the one whose name coincided with that of a pope was identified with the Pope.

Turkey is the only Muslim country located in the Middle East ( and one of two along with Israel ) that has abolished polygamy, which was officially criminalized with the adoption of the Turkish Civil Code in 1926, a milestone in Atatürk's secularist reforms.

In terms of its wide cultural impact across society in the US and elsewhere, Bill Haley's " Rock Around the Clock ", recorded in April 1954 but not a commercial success until the following year, is generally recognized as an important milestone, but it was preceded by many recordings from earlier decades in which elements of rock and roll can be clearly discerned.

In March 2010, Russell Crowe & The Ordinary Fear of God's version of the John Williamson song " Winter Green " was included on a new compilation album The Absolute Best of John Williamson: 40 Years True Blue, commemorating the singer-songwriter's milestone of 40 years in the Australian music industry.

A milestone, or miliarium, was a circular column on a solid rectangular base, set for more than 2 feet ( 60 cm ) into the ground, standing 5 feet ( 1. 50 m ) high, 20 inches ( 50 cm ) in diameter, and weighing more than 2 tons.

A significant evolutionary milestone during the Silurian was the appearance of jawed and bony fish.

It was a building for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company and marked a milestone in architectural design representative of the International style of architecture, which was at that time becoming increasingly popular in the US.

In 2005, Nigeria achieved a milestone agreement with the Paris Club of lending nations to eliminate all of its bilateral external debt.

A milestone was achieved when a joint academic / industry team from California State University, Long Beach ( CSULB ) and Garvey Spacecraft Corporation successfully conducted a flight test of a liquid-propellant powered aerospike engine in the Mojave Desert on September 20, 2003.

A milestone in training of the Constabulary soldiers was achieved when the PC school was established on February 17, 1905 at the Sta.

He achieved his 300th wicket on 12 December 2005 against India, becoming only the second Sri Lankan bowler to pass this milestone, after Muttiah Muralitharan.

A milestone was achieved on April 17, 2009, when Norwegian received LN-NOL, the 6000th 737 ever built.

In 1974 the Guatemala Northeast district achieved regular status, the first since Japan achieved this milestone in 1936 Also in 1974 the Nazarene Young Peoples Society ( now Nazarene Youth International ) in its desire to be more inclusive, held its first International Institute ( now Nazarene World Youth Conference ) on the campus of European Nazarene Bible College in Büsingen, Germany.

Another major milestone was achieved on December 3, 2000, when STAC and the sport of Sepak Takraw became an official class E Member of the Canadian Olympic Committee.

Because the claim is insecure, scholars believe it is possible that this milestone may be first achieved by Jeanne Calment.

In 1957, a new milestone was achieved when FFK won their second double.

In his second season with the Hawks, Abdur-Rahim achieved another personal milestone on December 28, 2002, when his jump shot against the Washington Wizards made him the fifth-youngest player in NBA history to reach 10, 000-points.

He achieved the milestone on October 14, 2006, with a hat trick effort against Miikka Kiprusoff of the Calgary Flames.

On the last day of the 2007 – 08 regular season ( April 6 ), Tkachuk scored his 500th NHL Goal, a milestone only three other American-born players have achieved, and the 41st overall in NHL history.

County achieved a notable milestone in 2004, when the club attracted a more than as more than 20, 000 crowd for one of its tour matches in China.

In 1569 a very important milestone was achieved when the Union of Lublin was signed and senators of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were incorporated into the Royal Senate of Poland in order to form the Senate of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Although it is undisputed that the prodigious reputation achieved by Thunderstorm was due in large part to its scandalous public airing of the topic of incest, and many people have pointed out not inconsiderable technical imperfections in its structure, Thunderstorm is nevertheless considered to be a milestone in China's modern theatrical ascendancy.

In 1979, AFWL achieved a milestone in the development of airborne high-energy laser weapons.

No other company had achieved such a milestone and since then, only operators from outside the state have managed to install their own optical submarine cables.

He has gone on to take over 100 ODI wickets for Sri Lanka, the ninth to have achieved the milestone.

In March 2007, theSun achieved another milestone when three of its journalists won top awards given by the Society of Publishers in Asia ( SOPA ) based in Hong Kong.

He was a very effective medium-fast swing and seam bowler who reached one thousand first-class wickets for his county, Surrey, in 2005, having achieved the milestone in all first-class matches the previous year.

She achieved a milestone early in her career when in 1872 she became the first woman in the U. S. to head a public college, Mankato Normal School, now Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Scotland once again failed to progress beyond the group stages ; however, a personal milestone was achieved when he scored in the 2 – 2 draw against the USSR, meaning he had scored in three successive World Cup Finals.

Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington had instructed North American that they were not, under any circumstances, to break the sound barrier before the X-1 achieved this milestone.