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Word: agee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Until 1960, the declines in the ages of puberty and marriage roughly mirrored one another; the length of the teen years did not increase. From 1850 to 1950, the average age of the onset of puberty declined steadily, from 16 to 13, for girls. Pubescence among boys has consistently begun about a year later...

Author: By Stephen L. Ascher, | Title: Growing Pains | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

From 1900 until 1960, the average age of marriage similarly declined, from 26 to 23 for men, 22 to 20 for women. Since 1960, however, these ages have shot up again, so that we have just about returned to the 1900 marriage ages...

Author: By Stephen L. Ascher, | Title: Growing Pains | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...main problem with this play is the script. To say it's inane would be an understatement. Paul, the banker, is accused of not producing, of being a mere paper-mill. Does this symbol for an age offer the remotest response? Forget it. An unsavory type whom you can be sure Paul doesn't meet at Le Cirque confronts this modern success story by questioning the meaning of his life if there is nothing he is willing to die for. Does Paul put up at least an inarticulate defense for the lightness of his being? No time; a blackout...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Big Deal | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

...whole, the All-Stars were more experienced than their American opponents. Only three Australian players were teenagers, while several were more than 30 years of age. "They are a seasoned team," Kleinfelder said...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Australian National Team Humbles Laxwomen, 22-3 | 4/19/1988 | See Source »

...wasn't easy trying to defend both of them. Then I realized that there were many people my age who have played hockey against these two and lost. What chance, I reasoned, did I and my team have...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Hockey on Cement | 4/19/1988 | See Source »

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