The Prince of Wales became heir apparent at the age of three when his mother, Princess Elizabeth, acceded to the throne on 6 February 1952.

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Her skills were apparent from an early age, said Turhan Berne of Norcross, a coach and tournament director who's known Oudin since she was 9.

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The brilliance was apparent from an early age.

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In 1987, Rudolf Hess, the last member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle, died at a hospital near Spandau Prison at age 93, an apparent suicide.

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Apollo becomes a tall, youthful soldier with long golden hair, Arnold a lumbering warrior, having the torso of a bear and the majestic head of a lion, and Tom aging tenfold into withered old man, his true age becoming only too apparent.

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In people with parkin mutations, the average age when the disease became apparent was about 43.

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But what is apparent is that the Internet's experimental age is ending, he says, giving way to a period of consolidation.

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The signs of age and decay are becoming more apparent every day.

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This is most apparent among the many Turks who have reached voting age since 1995.

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Clark hits mandatory retirement age in only five years, and Loescher now looks to be the heir apparent.

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