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.
1 Girls who started menarche (menstruation) earlier tend to begin dating and having sexual intercourse younger than their classmates, according to a national study of 1,800 girls between the ages of 15 and 19.