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 least five years ago, Tom Robinson of Marlin made up an over/under double rifle for me in this caliber, using the now defunct Model 90 action in 20-gauge size.

At $ 90, it was much less expensive than the Lynx, without the color or custom chips.

At the time of its formation BSC comprised around 90 percent of the UK's steelmaking capacity, had around 268, 500 employees and around 200 wholly or partly owned subsidiaries based in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Africa, South Asia, and South America.

At least 90 % of the inhabitants of drylands live in developing nations, where they also suffer from poor economic and social conditions.

At the north point, it is 90 ° − ||, and at the south point ,-90 ° + ||.

At each end is a goal 2. 14 m ( 7 feet ) high and 3. 66 m ( 12 ft ) wide measured from the inner sides of the posts and crossbar, and an approximately semi-circular area 14. 63 m ( 16 yd ) from the goal known as the shooting circle ( or D or arc ), bounded by a solid line, with a dotted line 5 m ( 5 yd 6 in — this marking was not established until after metric conversion ) from that, as well as lines across the field 22. 90 m ( 25 yd ) from each end-line ( generally referred to as the 23 m lines ) and in the center of the field.

At the November 2000 elections, boycotted by the opposition, Aristide was again elected president, with more than 90 % of the vote, on a turnout of around 50 % according to international observers.

At the age of 17, Tracy received the Social Security death-benefit money for the death of his father to rent an apartment for $ 90 a month.

At the beginning of the decade, he contracted to paint 25 works in return for a monthly stipend for the next three years and in 1865, another patron, Emile Gavet, began commissioning pastels for a collection that would eventually include 90 works.

At its golden age in the 1980s, the manufacturing sector accounted for about 40 % of Macau's GDP ; textiles and garments accounted for about 90 % of Macau's total visible exports.

At the same time, plans were made for a new South Stand, which was estimated to cost £ 60, 000, however the tender price came out at GB £ 90, 000, a compromise was made, and it was decided to build a new upper South Stand costing £ 64, 000 instead, with the Cardiff Athletic Club contributing £ 15, 000 and the remainder coming from the WRU.

At the time, Ghana owed Nigeria about US $ 150 million for crude oil supplies and depended on Nigeria for about 90 percent of its petroleum needs.

At the high end, ranging up to 90 cents per sheet, are " delicate shin-nori ( nori from the first of the year's several harvests ) cultivated in Ariake Bay, off the island of Kyushu in Japan ".

At present, however, over 90 per cent of the budget is dedicated to pay and retrenchments, and as a consequence there is little left to fund training exercises.

At harvest time, gardeners usually dig up potatoes with a long-handled, three-prong " grape " ( or graip ), i. e., a spading fork, or a potato hook, which is similar to the graip but with tines at a 90 degree angle to the handle.

At least 30, 000 of the 90, 000 Mecca pilgrims fell victim to the disease.

At first, she spends 60 % to 90 % of her time with the cubs.

At Colombo, for example, daytime humidity stays above 70 % all year, rising to almost 90 percent during the monsoon season in June.

At mating, the angle between the banks and the angle between the crankshafts can be varied so that the balancer shafts cancel each other 90 ° V6 ( larger counter weights ) and the even firing 60 ° V6 with 60 ° flying arms ( smaller counter weights.

At the time more than 90 percent of applications were deemed inadmissible, and 60 percent of decision by the Court related to what is termed repetitive cases, where the Court has already delivered judgement finding a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights or where well established case law exists.

At 300 dpi, there are 90, 000 dots per square inch ( 300 dots per linear inch ).

At his death, Wren was 90.

At least 90 species of reptiles call this park home, over half of which are either skinks or geckoes, and 35 species have their State distributional limits here.

At the peak, almost 90 % of retail food prices were frozen.

At the time of independence, Portuguese-owned plantations occupied 90 % of the cultivated area.