Wasn't this an unusually young age to fill such a responsible post??

A contrast of the scripture reading of, let us say, St. Augustine, John Bunyan, and Thomas Jefferson, all three of whom found in such study a real source of enlightenment, can tell us a great deal about these three men and the age that each represented and helped bring to conscious expression.

To Adams that age in which religion exercised power over the entire culture of the race was one of imagination, and it is largely the admiration he so obviously held for such eras that betrays a peculiar religiosity -- a sentiment he would have probably denied.

Yet even in the more extreme of such cases we seldom go very far astray in guessing what his age actually is.

One may be exasperatingly aware that if the answer is favorable it will be judged such only by those of one's own age.

Keep the retirement age flexible so skilled craftsmen such as tool and die makers can be kept on the job for the convenience of the company.

He is confronted with the recurrent crises, such as great natural catastrophes and the great transitions of life -- marriage, incurable disease, widowhood, old age, the certainty of death.

`` Dry stock '' denoted, regardless of age or sex, such bovines as were givin' no milk.

This catalogue lists separately films suitable for children, young adults, or adults, although some classics cut across age groups, such as `` Nanook Of The North '', `` The Emperor's Nightingale '', and `` The Red Balloon ''.

She had, of course, been exposed to and enjoyed a music appreciation course which had included the better known classical works such as `` Tristan und Isolde '', `` Candide '', `` Oklahoma '', `` Nozze de Figaro '', the atomic age singers, Eileen Farrell, Elvis Presley and Geraldine Todd, as well as the curious rhythmic progressions of the Venusians, Capellan visual chromatics and the sonic concerti of the Altairians.

Furthermore, each individual speaker has their own style of signing depending on various factors, such as where they went to school, if they were mainstreamed ( see Mainstreaming ( education )), who taught them ASL, at what age they learned ASL, and how active they are in the Deaf Community.

It was unusual for a man of Mackenzie's humble origins to attain such a position in an age which generally offered such opportunity only to the privileged.

His verses have not come down to us through a manuscript tradition-generations of scribes copying an author's collected works, such as delivered intact into the modern age four entire books of Pindar's odes-but haphazardly, in quotes from ancient scholars and commentators whose own works have chanced to survive, and in the tattered remnants of papyri uncovered from an ancient rubbish pile at Oxyrhynchus and other locations in Egypt: sources that modern scholars have studied and correlated exhaustively, adding little by little to the world's store of poetic fragments.

Coming to the throne at such an early age, Alfonso had served no apprenticeship in the art of ruling, but he possessed great natural tact and a sound judgment ripened by the trials of exile.

) for " age " is present in words such as longevity and mediæval.

However, there are notable exceptions to this in all major translations, such as: “… I am with you always, to the end of the age ” ( NRSV ), the word “ age ” being a translation of aion.

With age, the aorta stiffens such that the pulse wave is propagated faster and reflected waves return to the heart faster before the semilunar valve closes, which raises the blood pressure.

Though his father wanted him to continue his training as a goldsmith, he showed such a precocious talent in drawing that he started as an apprentice to Michael Wolgemut at the age of fifteen in 1486.

In Australia, it is illegal to sell a cutting implement such as a utility knife to anyone under 16 years of age, and proof of age is often demanded of purchasers.

The transport in bulk of building materials such as bricks over long distances was rare before the age of canals, railways, roads and heavy goods vehicles.

Universities may try to create community through all freshman reads, freshman seminars, and school pride ; however, Nathan argues students will only form communities based on the attributes, such as age and pop culture, that they bring with them to college.

* A retirement community is designated and at least usually designed for retirees and seniors — often restricted to those over a certain age, such as 56.

Before the computer age, this was accomplished by the card catalogue — a cabinet ( or multiple cabinets ) containing many drawers filled with index cards that identified books and other materials.

Variations in cane and other construction materials, the age of the reed, and differences in scrape and length will all affect the pitch of the instrument.

Researchers use radioactive atoms to determine the age of materials that were once part of a living organism.

Radiocarbon dating ( usually referred to as simply carbon dating ) is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring radioisotope carbon-14 () to estimate the age of carbon-bearing materials up to about 58, 000 to 62, 000 years.

It is the principal source of information about the absolute age of rocks and other geological features, including the age of the Earth itself, and can be used to date a wide range of natural and man-made materials.

Finally during the ice age the majority of the rotted granite was stripped away and the freeze-thaw cycle levered away larger blocks, leaving them scattered around the now-exposed tors as clitter, where they have provided ready building materials for thousands of years.

By the Middle Minoan age a new set for seal forms, motifs and materials appear.

As components and materials age, problems can arise.

An archaeologist might use carbon dating to verify the age of an artifact, do a chemical analysis of the materials used, or compare the style of construction or decoration to other artifacts of similar origin.

The terra cotta disks were used to ceremonially offer the toys of youth to certain gods when a child came of age — discs of other materials were used for actual play.

Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses (< sup > 14 </ sup > C ) to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to about 60, 000 years old.

Similarly materials that age such as bare wood, paper and fabric become more interesting as they exhibit changes that can be observed over time.

In 1829, at the age of 15, Colt began working in his father's textile plant in Ware, Massachusetts, where he had access to tools, materials, and the factory workers ' expertise.

Impacts for ash loading depend on building design and construction, including roof slope, construction materials, roof span and support system, and age and maintenance of the building.

Memorization required no expensive raw materials ( in an age when there was no paper in the Muslim world, only vellum ).

A series of related techniques for determining the age at which a geomorphic surface was created ( exposure dating ), or at which formerly surficial materials were buried ( burial dating ).

Exposure dating uses the concentration of exotic nuclides ( e. g. < sup > 10 </ sup > Be, < sup > 26 </ sup > Al, < sup > 36 </ sup > Cl ) produced by cosmic rays interacting with Earth materials as a proxy for the age at which a surface, such as an alluvial fan, was created.

In thermoluminescence dating, these long-term traps are used to determine the age of materials: When irradiated crystalline material is again heated or exposed to strong light, the trapped electrons are given sufficient energy to escape.

Because materials are available to anyone – of any age or background, in any country – an Internet Library needs to be more open and inclusive.

During this period he operated under the assumption that meteorites are left-over materials from the creation of the Solar System, and thus by measuring the age of one of these rocks the age of the Earth would be revealed.

The system also has several levels of " restricted " categories, prohibiting sale, exhibition or use of some materials to those who are under a prescribed age.