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If Al Gore and George Bush had agreed three weeks before the election to concede the results and waive their right to a legal challenge or a recount, then there would be no Supreme Court case, i’m being asked to waive centuries of legal precedent designed to protect the voters. – Donald Trump on Thursday	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
It’s been used for centuries and it’s used to glisten the body to beautify the dancer. – Founder Rosie Akauola-Fine	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
At the local level practices have been unchanged for decades and centuries and new techniques and knowledge have not been applied. – Vidar Helgesen	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I'm fearful for what the people may suffer and for what destruction may be leveled against a really beautiful city that has been a center of culture and learning for centuries, i feel confident that the organization will do its best to make sure that the people get the assistance that they need. – Jane Pearce	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
This new research offers a novel solution to that evidential challenge, using finds of pottery – a highly durable indicator of human presence - as a proxy for population change in a manner that is both scalable and replicable, it shows that pottery use fell by almost a half in eastern England in the centuries immediately after the Black Death. This supports the emerging consensus that the population of England remained somewhere between 35 and 55 per cent below its pre-Black Death level well into the sixteenth century. – Carenza Lewis	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I feel like a million bucks when I wear handloom saris, i know I am supporting weavers who need help in accessing new markets and customers. So many of our crafts are dying and it would make a big difference if everyone did their bit to support our centuries old talent. – Gayatri Rangachari Shah	Found on CNN 8 years ago
But under the conditions of warfare, weapons are going to have performance characteristics. And they're going to be very carefully fashioned for that purpose because it matters... You would cut somebody [ with a mata'a ], but they certainly wouldn't be lethal in any way. Related : Ancient Roman brooch contains' lovely' palindrome Some scientists have estimated, that, at its height, Easter Island’s population may have been as high as 20,000, but fell over centuries after the island’s trees and palms were cut down to build canoes and transport its famous giant statues. One theory suggests that the deforestation led to soil erosion, impacting the island’s ability to support wildlife and farming, and the collapse of its civilization. When the Dutch arrived at the island in 1722, its population was 3,000 or less. Only 111 inhabitants were living on Easter Island by 1877. Other experts, however, have questioned whether Easter Island ever supported a large population, citing instead the arrival of Europeans, who brought diseases and took islanders away as slaves. Related : Ancient 4,500-year-old boat discovered in Egypt What people traditionally think about Easter Island is being this island of catastrophe and collapse just isn't true in a pre-historic sense, populations were successful and lived sustainably on Easter Island up until European contact. – Carl Lipo	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
In some areas of the Middle East where church bells have rung for centuries on Christmas Day, this year they will be silent; this silence bears tragic witness to the brutal atrocities committed against these communities by ISIL. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We join with people around the world in praying for God's protection for persecuted Christians and those of other faiths, as well as for those brave men and women engaged in our military, diplomatic, and humanitarian efforts to alleviate their suffering and restore stability, security, and hope to their nations, in some areas of the Middle East where church bells have rung for centuries on Christmas Day, this year they will be silent; this silence bears tragic witness to the brutal atrocities committed against these communities by ISIL. – The President	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence. – Nikola Tesla	added by anonymous 8 years ago
Today's political reality is such that we must make our historic choice and be reunited with brotherly Russia so that we can ensure the security and success of our republic and people for many centuries, the referendum, the positive outcome of which I have no doubt, will allow us to unite our people. – Leonid Tibilov	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Significant changes are taking place today on ice sheets, it would take centuries to reverse the trend of ice retreat. – Eric Rignot	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Spying has taken place for centuries, and the latest means of spying is to be going after peoples' cyber, companies spend billions of dollars to protect themselves, the United States government does the same. We are deeply involved in fighting back against this on a daily basis. – State John Kerry	Found on CNN 8 years ago
In order to build the Great Synagogue in the 17th and 18th centuries they dug down two floors below the level of the street to give the worshippers in the synagogue the experience of a vaulted five story building even though the building appeared from the outside as only a three story building. – Richard Freund	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Terrorism has a long history, going back centuries, but we began to see at the very tail end of the 1960s, (and) clearly evident in the 1970s, the emergence of contemporary international terrorism. – Brian Michael Jenkins	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I look forward to further cooperation between our people and governments as we seek ways to improve a historically strong relationship that has endured for nearly two centuries. – State John Kerry on Thursday	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We were n’t comfortable using Mora County as the test case to try to overturn two centuries of law. – Grant Township	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You're talking about two different centuries, two different lives, two different environments, georgia made that decision when they did. South Carolina's made the decision they did this time. Both of them were appropriate for their time. – Johnny Isakson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
What happened in these meadows eight centuries ago is as relevant today as it was then. And that relevance extends far beyond England Britain. – British Prime Minister David Cameron	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Boxing has been ingrained in the Filipino mindset for decades or maybe even centuries, it has always been a sport Filipinos love and I don't think that the rise of MMA will affect it. As a general rule, people will start with boxing and hopefully, most of those who start with the sport will continue. – Eumir Felix Marcial	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Christ has global funeral, every Sunday and since twenty centuries. (Jésus a des funérailles mondiales, - Tous les dimanches, et depuis vingt siècles.) – Charles de LEUSSE	added by anonymous 8 years ago
The facts are clear, it's been federal law for over two centuries that the child of an American citizen born abroad is a citizen by birth, a natural born citizen. – Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 9 years ago
While the Totten melt may take several centuries, once change has begun our analysis reveals it would likely be irreversible. – Jamin Greenbaum	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Women cannot wait for change, we've waited for centuries and centuries. We've got to push for it. – Bolanle Makanju	Found on CNN 9 years ago

If Al Gore and George Bush had agreed three weeks before the election to concede the results and waive their right to a legal challenge or a recount, then there would be no Supreme Court case, i’m being asked to waive centuries of legal precedent designed to protect the voters.

– Donald Trump on Thursday

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

It’s been used for centuries and it’s used to glisten the body to beautify the dancer.

– Founder Rosie Akauola-Fine

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

At the local level practices have been unchanged for decades and centuries and new techniques and knowledge have not been applied.

– Vidar Helgesen

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I'm fearful for what the people may suffer and for what destruction may be leveled against a really beautiful city that has been a center of culture and learning for centuries, i feel confident that the organization will do its best to make sure that the people get the assistance that they need.

– Jane Pearce

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

This new research offers a novel solution to that evidential challenge, using finds of pottery – a highly durable indicator of human presence - as a proxy for population change in a manner that is both scalable and replicable, it shows that pottery use fell by almost a half in eastern England in the centuries immediately after the Black Death. This supports the emerging consensus that the population of England remained somewhere between 35 and 55 per cent below its pre-Black Death level well into the sixteenth century.

– Carenza Lewis

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I feel like a million bucks when I wear handloom saris, i know I am supporting weavers who need help in accessing new markets and customers. So many of our crafts are dying and it would make a big difference if everyone did their bit to support our centuries old talent.

– Gayatri Rangachari Shah

Found on CNN
8 years ago

But under the conditions of warfare, weapons are going to have performance characteristics. And they're going to be very carefully fashioned for that purpose because it matters... You would cut somebody [ with a mata'a ], but they certainly wouldn't be lethal in any way. Related : Ancient Roman brooch contains' lovely' palindrome Some scientists have estimated, that, at its height, Easter Island’s population may have been as high as 20,000, but fell over centuries after the island’s trees and palms were cut down to build canoes and transport its famous giant statues. One theory suggests that the deforestation led to soil erosion, impacting the island’s ability to support wildlife and farming, and the collapse of its civilization. When the Dutch arrived at the island in 1722, its population was 3,000 or less. Only 111 inhabitants were living on Easter Island by 1877. Other experts, however, have questioned whether Easter Island ever supported a large population, citing instead the arrival of Europeans, who brought diseases and took islanders away as slaves. Related : Ancient 4,500-year-old boat discovered in Egypt What people traditionally think about Easter Island is being this island of catastrophe and collapse just isn't true in a pre-historic sense, populations were successful and lived sustainably on Easter Island up until European contact.

– Carl Lipo

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

In some areas of the Middle East where church bells have rung for centuries on Christmas Day, this year they will be silent; this silence bears tragic witness to the brutal atrocities committed against these communities by ISIL.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We join with people around the world in praying for God's protection for persecuted Christians and those of other faiths, as well as for those brave men and women engaged in our military, diplomatic, and humanitarian efforts to alleviate their suffering and restore stability, security, and hope to their nations, in some areas of the Middle East where church bells have rung for centuries on Christmas Day, this year they will be silent; this silence bears tragic witness to the brutal atrocities committed against these communities by ISIL.

– The President

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.

– Nikola Tesla

added by anonymous
8 years ago

Today's political reality is such that we must make our historic choice and be reunited with brotherly Russia so that we can ensure the security and success of our republic and people for many centuries, the referendum, the positive outcome of which I have no doubt, will allow us to unite our people.

– Leonid Tibilov

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Significant changes are taking place today on ice sheets, it would take centuries to reverse the trend of ice retreat.

– Eric Rignot

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Spying has taken place for centuries, and the latest means of spying is to be going after peoples' cyber, companies spend billions of dollars to protect themselves, the United States government does the same. We are deeply involved in fighting back against this on a daily basis.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In order to build the Great Synagogue in the 17th and 18th centuries they dug down two floors below the level of the street to give the worshippers in the synagogue the experience of a vaulted five story building even though the building appeared from the outside as only a three story building.

– Richard Freund

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Terrorism has a long history, going back centuries, but we began to see at the very tail end of the 1960s, (and) clearly evident in the 1970s, the emergence of contemporary international terrorism.

– Brian Michael Jenkins

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I look forward to further cooperation between our people and governments as we seek ways to improve a historically strong relationship that has endured for nearly two centuries.

– State John Kerry on Thursday

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We were n’t comfortable using Mora County as the test case to try to overturn two centuries of law.

– Grant Township

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You're talking about two different centuries, two different lives, two different environments, georgia made that decision when they did. South Carolina's made the decision they did this time. Both of them were appropriate for their time.

– Johnny Isakson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

What happened in these meadows eight centuries ago is as relevant today as it was then. And that relevance extends far beyond England Britain.

– British Prime Minister David Cameron

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Boxing has been ingrained in the Filipino mindset for decades or maybe even centuries, it has always been a sport Filipinos love and I don't think that the rise of MMA will affect it. As a general rule, people will start with boxing and hopefully, most of those who start with the sport will continue.

– Eumir Felix Marcial

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Christ has global funeral, every Sunday and since twenty centuries. (Jésus a des funérailles mondiales, - Tous les dimanches, et depuis vingt siècles.)

– Charles de LEUSSE

added by anonymous
8 years ago

The facts are clear, it's been federal law for over two centuries that the child of an American citizen born abroad is a citizen by birth, a natural born citizen.

– Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
9 years ago

While the Totten melt may take several centuries, once change has begun our analysis reveals it would likely be irreversible.

– Jamin Greenbaum

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Women cannot wait for change, we've waited for centuries and centuries. We've got to push for it.

– Bolanle Makanju

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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