Word: ageing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...celebrate the fleeting visit of the emissary of age, the Prince visited the gold mines of the East Rand where he was given a stupendous, raucous welcome. He paid particular attention to the social side of the mines, visiting homes, talking to families, inspecting children. In the course of the morning, he collected numerous presents...
Once Merry del Val was a young man, brilliant, resourceful. Once even Cardinal del Val was a young cardinal- for he received his red hat at the age of 37, soon after he had returned to Rome from a shockingly successful embassy to Canada and just after he had published his Truth of the Papal Claims...
...retirement age for Naval officers is 64 years, but any officer who does not reach the rank of Admiral by the time he becomes 55 is automatically retired at that age. This is done so that advancement for able officers is more rapid and they may have considerable experience commanding squadrons and fleets before reaching retirement age. Admiral Robison will reach the age of 55 next November. His present assignment, which carries the temporary rank of Rear Admiral, expires in October. The President, however, has the Authority to retire a Bureau Chief in the Navy Department...
Children under age working without permits for $9 a week...
Stanley R. Yarnall, master of the Germantown Friends' School (Philadelphia), which is co-educational from kindergarten through high school : "The control of the boy does not depend on the sex of the teacher. It depends on the character. . . . We have discovered that, up to the fifth-grade age, women are better teachers for boys than men. There is one exception to be noted here. When our boys reach the fourth grade, we put them under men instructors for athletics...