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century

sen chuh ree

  • n  a period of 100 years
  • n  ten 10s

  • PTI's list of the most notorious crimes of the past century, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Lindbergh kidnapping.
  • The twenty most influential artists and entertainers of the 20th century.
  • Botanists realized again last week that "century plant" is a complete misnomer for the American aloe (Agave americana).
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  • Barack Obama in Calgary Herald
    Obama said he views his award as "a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century."
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton in USA Today
    We may be dealing with a 17th-century crime, but we need to bring 21st-century assets to bear,Clinton said.
  • Virgil Goode in Forbes
    Goode added: "I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of...

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