Did men become perfectionists as they grew older, polishing, polishing, reluctant to let go??

I cite it as evidence that he did not develop through new styles as he grew older ( as Yeats did ), but that he simply learned to use better what he already had.

As the twenties grew older, and as radio broadcasts of baseball games began to involve more and more people daily in the doings of the professionals, the great hitters ( always led by Babe Ruth ) overshadowed the game so that pitchers were nearly of no account.

As I grew older and was promoted, so was he, always where I was.

He grew up at the castle of his father, and was brought up alongside his older brother Esbern Snare and the young prince Valdemar, who later became King Valdemar I of Denmark.

As Lancaster grew older, he became increasingly plagued by atherosclerosis, barely surviving a routine gall bladder operation in January 1980.

As he grew older, he began commanding larger units of men and escalating his ambitions.

This was actually the formal name of a person, used by older people to address him, and the one he would use the most in the first decades of his life ( as the person grew older, younger generations would have to use one of the courtesy names instead ).

This ambiguity of character was further exacerbated by his remoteness, and as he grew older, he increasingly displayed a preference for solitude, which may have stemmed from his isolated upbringing.

As she grew older, Elizabeth became famous for her virginity, and a cult grew up around her which was celebrated in the portraits, pageants, and literature of the day.

Pinafore relied on stock character types, many of which were familiar from European opera ( and some of which grew out of Gilbert's earlier association with the German Reeds ): the heroic protagonist ( tenor ) and his love-interest ( soprano ); the older woman with a secret or a sharp tongue ( contralto ); the baffled lyric baritone — the girl's father ; and a classic villain ( bass-baritone ).

Because the group chose to adopt celibacy and their members grew older, more work gradually had to be hired out.

As he grew older, however, he became more deeply committed to Christianity and went on to study theology under Diodore of Tarsus, founder of the re-constituted School of Antioch.

As Ueshiba grew older, more skilled, and more spiritual in his outlook, his art also changed and became softer and more circular.

In addition, stations devoted to the pop music of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s on their own have developed as the audiences that grew up with that music grew older and nostalgic for the sounds of their youth.

As he grew older, Webster's attitudes changed from those of an optimistic revolutionary in the 1780s to those of a pessimistic critic of man and society by the 1820s.

However as he grew older his views became more typically Unitarian, though he rejected some of the views of Joseph Priestley and the Transcendentalists.

This trend was apparent in government statistics for the 1986-87 period: the proportion of people fifty years old or older living in farming communities grew from 28. 7 % in 1986 to 30. 6 % in 1987, while the number of people in their twenties living in farming communities declined from 11. 3 % to 10. 8 %.

The program initially focused on boys aged 11 to 18, but as the movement grew, the need became apparent for leader training and programs for younger boys, older boys, and girls.

Black suburbanization grew between 1970 and 1980 by 2. 6 % as a result of central city neighborhoods expanding into older neighborhoods vacated by whites.

She and Marshall had been unable to have children, and when she brought the baby home, Marshall told her that she could " keep him, provided he did not squall ..." Marshall grew to love the boy and wrote that he " never walked the streets of Washington with as sure a certainty as he walked into my heart ", and, as the boy grew older, that he was " beautiful as an angel ; brilliant beyond his years ; lovable from every standpoint.

The town gained more influence and grew considerably.

Although most early codices were made of papyrus, papyrus was fragile and supplies from Egypt, the only place where papyrus grew and was made into paper, became scanty ; the more durable parchment and vellum gained favor, despite the cost.

Nauvoo grew rapidly as missionaries sent to Europe and elsewhere gained new converts who then flooded into Nauvoo.

While Axbridge grew in importance as a centre for cloth manufacturing in the Tudor period and gained a charter from King John, Cheddar remained a more dispersed mining and dairy-farming village.

Germany's middle class, based in the cities, grew exponentially, although it never gained the political power it had in France, Britain or the United States.

The Reformation spread peacefully throughout the country ( giving rise to the Polish Brethren ), while living conditions improved, cities grew, and exports of agricultural products enriched the population, especially the nobility ( szlachta ) who gained dominance in the new political system of Golden Liberty.

It grew largely due to the influence of the civil rights movement that had gained momentum in the 1960s and many of the women who took up the cause of radical feminism had previous experience with radical protest in the struggle against racism.

Fascism, a movement which grew out of post-war angst and which accelerated during the Great Depression of the 1930s, gained momentum in Italy, Germany and Spain in the 1920s and 1930s, culminating in World War II ( 1939 – 1945 ), sparked by Nazi Germany's aggressive expansion at the expense of its neighbors.

As this rivalry grew into warfare, Athanaric gained the advantage, and Fritigern asked for Roman aid.

Leicester's relations with James of Scotland grew closer when he gained the confidence of the King's favourite, Patrick, Master of Gray, in 1584 – 1585.

Timur gained a reputation as a patron of the arts and Samarkand grew to become the centre of the region of Transoxiana.

Soon after Confederation, the urban population grew ( and more importantly, most city dwellers gained the franchise after property ownership was no longer required to gain the vote ).

From 1885 to 1890 Berlin's population grew by 20 %, Brandenburg and the Rhineland gained 8. 5 %, Westphalia 10 %, while East Prussia lost 0. 07 % and West Prussia 0. 86 %.

As this rivalry grew into warfare, Athanaric gained the advantage, and Fritigern asked for Roman aid.

As the Huguenots gained influence and displayed their faith more openly, Roman Catholic hostility to them grew, even though the French crown offered increasingly liberal political concessions and edicts of toleration.

Crockett grew up in East Tennessee, where he gained a reputation for hunting and storytelling.

That same year, as a member of Toronto's branch of The Second City, he gained wide North American popularity, which grew when he became a cast member on the influential Toronto-based comedy-variety show Second City Television ( SCTV ).

After some banking laws were passed and the production of the county grew, currency gained value in trade, including paper, gold, and silver, and banks were permanently established in the county.

" " The cars grew in every dimension except height, and they gained about.

Biloxi grew again, and as different ethnic groups came to work in the seafood factories, Biloxi gained a more heterogeneous population.

Over the years Brown Township grew slowly, but it never gained a large population.

Dozens of violent black street gangs gained control of the city's large drug trade, which began with the heroin epidemic of the 1970s and grew into the even larger crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s and early 1990s.

Control systems grew more sophisticated as automakers gained experience ; Chrysler's " Coolant Controlled Exhaust Gas Recirculation " system of 1973 exemplified this evolution: a coolant temperature sensor blocked vacuum to the EGR valve until the engine reached normal operating temperature.

The movement grew out of a drive to liberalise Oxford which gained momentum in the 1850s.

The style first gained popularity among adolescent girls, seeking to accentuate their tanned skin ( rebelling against more traditional definitions of beauty ), but quickly grew into the mainstream.