Seventieth

The seventieth is the consummation of the preceding ones, as the ❋ Unknown (1871)

The first time I talked about the “five rules for the evolution of cooperation” was at a conference held in March 2006 at the Zoology Department at the University of Oxford in honor of the seventieth birthday of my great friend and mentor, Lord May of Oxford. ❋ Martin A. Nowak (2011)

My seventieth birthday failed to change this because I managed scarcely to notice it, but my seventy-first did change it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But how can I let the seventieth anniversary of Pearl Harbor go by without marking it with a few words at least? ❋ Nigel Hamilton (2011)

The seventieth anniversary of Britain's entry into WWII following Germany's invasion of Poland on the 1st of September 1939 sees its surviving participants in their eighties and nineties. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But now at the approach to my seventieth birthday my back is sore and my feet are aching and the first thing I am going to do is take out the old, dusty, Austin Healey for a drive around the country… even maybe over to France. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I wrote a profile of Berry back in 2004, on the occasion of his seventieth birthday: ❋ Mark Engler (2011)

As virtuoso drummer Jack DeJohnette approaches his seventieth birthday -- he will turn 70 on August 9th of this year -- he can look back at an extensive body of work that speaks for itself. ❋ Ralph A. Miriello (2012)

It was crafted out of heavy-duty plastic and lightweight enough for him to lift onto the top of his car even after his seventieth birthday. ❋ Holly Robinson (2011)

There was to be a gala ceremony in his honor on his seventieth birthday, and ground broken at a new university library that was to bear his name. ❋ Unknown (2009)

 She pulled on the pink sweater Louise and Raymond had given her for her seventieth birthday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The seventieth anniversary of the Katyn massacre is significant for Poles. ❋ Paul Dabrowa (2010)

I recognized all sorts of distinguished people there, including the then Secretary of State for Scotland Jim Murphy, the Attorney General, the head of the Church of Scotland, and Sister Patricia Fallon from the Daughters of Charity, who had recently celebrated the seventieth anniversary of her profession. ❋ Susan Boyle (2010)

It brought back memories of how he and I portaged his canoe down the steep slopes to the Merrimac River for our last canoe trip together, celebrating his seventieth birthday. ❋ Sister Madonna Buder (2010)