The Authority has now clarified the matter by deciding to use the term particularized need consistent with its use by the D.C. Circuit in later decisions, such as United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C. v. FLRA, 1 F.3d 19 (D.C.
Menarche marks the commencement of the reproductive phase of a woman's life. Records suggest that there was a secular decline in the average age at menarche in developed countries across the 19th and 20th Centuries until the 1950s, with an average age at menarche of 15-17 years reported in the mid-19th Century.
Age of menarche in contemporary British teenagers: survey of girls born between 1982 and 1986. You do not have access to the full text of this article, the first page of the PDF of this article appears below.