But at that time, at age twelve, it meant succeeding on behalf of my father and making sure the one-armed man never came back again.
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Ms Banister points out that, in the 1953 census, the sex ratio at birth was more or less normal, but that at every age up to 14, girls were more likely to die than boys.
But even at that young age, Goodman noticed a few key inefficiencies that caused him and his colleagues worlds of grief.
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It killed him after the game, but that's what, at such a young age, that he has.
It is not easy to come into the England set-up at that age but Steve made me feel welcome and he put me on the map.
Di Montezemolo conceded that Ecclestone had achieved "significant things" but that at 82 years of age questions should be asked about his continued stewardship of the sport.
The forum highlights the section in the draft which says that six- and seven-year-olds should be taught about the process of reproduction and growth in animals but which also says that at this age pupils "should not be expected to understand how reproduction occurs".
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Some stay around because, heck, who else would want us at that age, but most do out of genuine respect, love, and familiarity with each other.
Stevens retired from riding in 2005, but at some point last year, at age 49, he decided that watching races and talking about them was no longer enough.
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Possibly even younger for women at times: but everyone also knows that dancers are not at their prime at that age.
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But, at age 35, I felt that my chances to have children were rapidly slipping away.
Sabrina Lee also had a child at a young age, but believes that the news of Bristol Palin's pregnancy merits attention.
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But at the age of 79 he spryly announced that he would take it up again: still the nearest thing humans have to the carefree flight of birds.
It won't come to that, of course, but even at their age, the two youngsters know the Crisis has changed everything.
But, the argument goes, Suharto must realise that at his age there is some chance that his health will fail.
Fitzgerald's remark about there being no second acts in American lives is so good, one almost hates to cite counter examples, but Robert Mondavi founded the winery that made him famous at the age of 53, after a successful career at Charles Krug.
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"Everyone understand that guy's age, but many look at a certain guy and think he's the exception, " says David Berri, a sports economist who teaches at Southern Utah University.
But, at the same time, they knew that raising the retirement age to 62, when the Greeks were being told to stay at their desks till 65, was the reasonable thing to do.
Mid-nineteenth-century Americans endured a high rate of infant mortality but expected that most individuals who reached young adulthood would survive at least into middle age.
Lew announced his early retirement in 1999 at age 58, but spun off the instrumentation and measurement businesses that had caused the rift with Paul Ely.
At age 65, Waters remains a celebrated figure for counterculturists but accepts that his time as a revolutionary has passed.
Now, as I say, that concern is not so much for me at my age but for my children and their children.
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But, did you know you can still receive reduced benefits at age 62 or that to qualify for Medicare benefit remains age 65?
But if that is true, then the methane spike at the end of the ice age must have been caused by something else.
Mason, 67, was told by the judge at Birmingham Crown Court that his prison term would have been longer but his age had been taken into account.
Even at my age, I don't get cold that easy, but I keep a supply, like sweaters and sweatsuits and stuff, around home.
Carew aged well, picking up 1, 595 hits from his age 30 season on, but spent nearly all of that time at first base.
Everybody works that out eventually, of course, but when you work it out at the age of 12, things are never quite the same again.
But the signing has that feel of the Kansas City Chiefs acquisition of Joe Montana at a similar age back in 1993.
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Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said last week that he favors background checks at gun shows, but is opposed to raising the purchasing age.
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