Marrying for the fourth time at the age of 51, the haughty, but always insecure, Ms Amiel believed she had married a man of unlimited means.

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He was helped up by a race official and crossed the finish line in fourth place among the 75-79 age group at 4:10:25 (4:03:47 net), 41 seconds after the blast, and continued the remaining half-mile back to his hotel.

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The mean BMI for women 20 and older in Samoa in 2009 was 33.8, and for men, 30.5, after standardizing for the country's age distribution each ranking fourth-highest in the world.

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Babel made his international debut for the Netherlands in March 2005 at the age of 18 and became his country's fourth youngest scorer when he netted after coming on as substitute in a 2-0 World Cup qualifying win over Romania.

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However it is usual to start school in the September after a child's fourth birthday, which means that August babies would only just have reached the age of four when they enter the reception class.

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Before his Tuesday night win, King had been the oldest Iditarod champion, winning his fourth race at age 50 in 2006.

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An action man both on and off screen, he later took up hang-gliding at the age of 64 and got married for the fourth time at 76.

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At age 82, he came back as prime minister (for the fourth time), and in several exhausting months almost single-handedly pushed Home Rule through Parliament, only to see it contemptuously discarded by the House of Lords.

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