At twenty-nine years old with thirty looming, I want to be prepared for life.

FORBES: Unsolicited Advice From My Financial Planner

Mauricio was twenty-nine years old and had worked there eight years.

NEWYORKER: Big Med

Othman smoked by the window while Laith sat on one of the twin beds. (The names of most of the Iraqis in this story have been changed for their protection.) Othman was a heavyset doctor, twenty-nine years old, with a gentle voice and an unflappable ironic manner.

NEWYORKER: Betrayed

At one point, Klinenberg introduces us to Dee, a ninety-year-old widow who has lived alone for the past twenty-nine years in a Harlem apartment, and has no intention of leaving, ever.

NEWYORKER: The Disconnect