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At the age of 75, alone and in mental and physical despair, he completed the work as one of his 14 Black Paintings, all of which were executed in oil directly onto the plaster walls of his house.
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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.
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At 75 GPa it converts to a face centered orthorhombic structure.
At the party's height it boasted 3, 000 cumainn, an average of 75 per constituency.
At the 2008 Olympics, Vijender Singh Beniwal won a middleweight ( 75 kg ) bronze medal and Vikas Krishan Yadav boxer from Bhiwani district won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category.
At the age of 75, Isaac moved to Beer-lahai-roi after his father died.
At the time of his death in 1887, he had 75, 000 employees, including 20, 200 in Essen.
At the peak of the fires, the smoke absorbed 75 % to 80 % of the sun ’ s radiation.
At the Civil War's start, ex-Tsarists comprised 75 per cent of the Red Army officer corps, who were employed as voenspetsy ( military specialists ), whose loyalty was occasionally ascertained with hostage families.
At present, the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi holds about 75 % of the seats in the Assembly.
At the time of independence, Uruguay had an estimated population of just under 75, 000.
At the 2010 Census, the city's population was 75. 1 % White, 2. 7 % Black, 1. 2 % American Indian and Alaska Native, 4. 4 % Asian, 2. 0 % Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 10. 7 % from some other race and 3. 7 % from two or more races.
At 09: 50, two minutes after the destroyed a 75 mm gun position in WN-74, the destroyers were ordered to get as close in as possible.
At the close of the October – November 1985 contest, that episode's in-studio winner drew a card from a bowl containing the names of each of the 75 at-home participants featured over the five-week period.
At the 16K density, the cost advantage increased ; the Mostek MK4116 16K DRAM, introduced in 1976, achieved greater than 75 % worldwide DRAM market share.
At frequencies below 10 MHz the impedance mismatch between a 50 ohm connector or cable and a 75 ohm one has negligible effects.
At that time, the Vivarais had over 75 Protestant churches and five fortified strongholds with permanent garrisons.
At its widest, the department does not exceed 75 km.
At the south end of I-45, State Highway 87 ( formerly part of US 75 ) continues into downtown Galveston.
At the north end, before it merged into the Central Expressway ( which continued to carry US 75 ), I-345 straddled the bridges over Bryan Street and Ross Avenue, the latter the location of the opening ceremonies in 1949.
At least one version of Enoch was distributed: version 0. 75, in December 1999.
At the end of the life of the palm, which may be 75 to 100 years, it produces a large terminal inflorescence about a metre high with a prodigious number of flowers.
At the same time that the railroad was being planned, a group of Michigan lumbermen began acquiring thousands of acres of timber in the Sierra Nevada about 75 miles northeast of Fresno.
At the party's nomination convention in Albany on April 23, Stern won the required two-thirds majority on the first ballot, receiving 287 of the 381 votes cast ( 75. 33 %).
At the 2000 census, there were 240 people, 112 households and 75 families residing in the village.
At exit 75, Jake Alexander Blvd and exit 74, Julian Road there are many other restaurants and shopping areas.
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