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  • Moshe Katsav came to Israel at the age of six with his parents in 1951, a few years after the state's foundation.

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  • His great passion was puzzles, beginning with crosswords at the age of six and graduating to the most complex chess and bridge problems.

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  • He went on to criticise Labour-controlled North Ayrshire Council over proposals for a four-day teaching week and the possibility of starting education at the age of six.

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  • Devi was already being called a "child prodigy" when, at the age of six, she demonstrated her skills in a public performance at an university in her native state of Karnataka.

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  • Victor De Leon III, aka "Lil Poison, " takes the Guinness World Record for being the youngest professional gamer ever when he signed on with Major League Gaming at the age of six.

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  • Her mother was gospel singer Martha Bass, one of the Clara Ward Singers and Fontella Bass began performing at a young age, singing in her church's choir at the age of six.

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  • He won the heart of the city and the Royal Court after performing for Empress Maria Theresa in 1762 at the age of six, climbing into her lap after his performance and giving her a kiss.

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  • In the clinic one afternoon, I joined him as he saw a seventeen-year-old high school senior named Janelle, who had been diagnosed with CF at the age of six and had been under his care ever since.

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  • Although learning-by-discovery is being phased out of schools, the government seems prepared to accept that it is right for nursery pupils: ministers are said to have noted that in the successful education systems of Switzerland and Hungary, pupils start in the nursery with play-based education and then switch to traditional teaching at the age of six or seven.

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  • The golden-haired Chicago native started working at the tender age of six.

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  • Wilde died in 1900, in a run-down Paris hotel, at the age of forty-six.

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  • Years later, at the age of forty-six she was faced with another very difficult situation.

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  • In 1989, at the age of eighty-six, Simenon died, of natural causes.

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  • The painting, dated to around 1637, shows Princess Mary at the age of five or six, wearing a rich silver-laced gown and pearl head-dress, standing before a classical column and ornate gold damask curtain.

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  • Fischer-Dieskau, who died on May 18th, at the age of eighty-six, loomed so large in the world of classical music that he became something like a city monument a statue that no longer fully registers with the crowds hurrying by.

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  • In 1963, at the age of forty-six, he made up for it by setting up his own informal school in a London railway station, teaching half a dozen teenagers in exchange for a little tobacco or a second-hand art book.

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  • To compose the list, Rent.com looked at the number of married couples, the percentage of families with children under the age of six, average annual income, cost of living, and rental availability in 25 of the largest U.S. metro areas, using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau.

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  • Now, even though my mother and grandparents took great pride that they had voted for him, I confess that I wasn't paying much attention to the United States Senate at the age of four or five or six.

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  • "I never wanted to do anything to harm him or cause detriment to his life or to the lives of those around him, " Washington-Williams said at a 2003 news conference, six months after her father died at the age of 100.

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  • The figures are not strictly comparable, because sample surveys show the sex ratio at birth, whereas the census gives it among infants up to the age of six.

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  • It was not until six years later at the age of 29, however, that Zhou was able to practice semi-regularly when a sympathetic manager allowed him play on the course in early mornings.

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  • For children under age six, at least one of the documents can include original medical records.

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  • The picture is owned by art restorer Alec Cobbe and is believed to have been painted in 1610, six years before the playwright's death at the age of 52.

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  • The Cardiff-born winger has lived in the Manchester area since the age of six and even captained England's schoolboys at Wembley - but he was ineligible to represent England's senior teams.

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  • Six years later on 20 January, 1983 at the age of 49 - just 21 years after he was widely recognised as the greatest footballer on earth - Garrincha died of cirrhosis of the liver, attached to a drip in a Rio hospital.

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  • Thirty six states consider the input of a minor beginning at age 14 (or 12 in Colorado, Connecticut, and Texas).

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