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In most areas, it peters out in the later 7th century, so that many cemeteries have a last phase of burials with no reopening. – Alison Klevnäs	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is the second time that I have willingly fully co-operated with an investigation into events more than 25 years ago, i apologized then, and I do so again now, over the fact that I asked for bank statements to be mocked up. It was a stupid thing to do and was an action I deeply regret. But I absolutely stand by the evidence I gave a quarter of a century ago, and again more recently. – Lord Dyson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We have to discredit those who believe that the age of democracy is over, as some of our fellow nations believe. We have to expose as false the narrative that decrees of dictators can match the speed and scale of the 21st( century) challenges, you know, and I know, they're wrong. – President Biden	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The Jews has been in that area of the world since about 1200 B.C., way before the first Muslim or Arab walked the earth. ... I mean, Jerusalem was their capital. So if it's who got there first, it's not even close, the Jews were the ones who were occupied by everybody ; the Romans took over at some point and then the Persians and the Byzantines and then the Ottomans. So yes, there was colonization going on there. Beginning in the 19th century, they started to return to Palestine, which was never an Arab country. There was never a country called Palestine that was a distinct Arab country. – Bill Maher	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We are in the middle of the worst pandemic in a century. We actually have a ticket out. – Ashish Jha	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Kids thankfully don't get as sick as adults, but kids do get sick. We've seen a lot of hospitalizations and unfortunately even a few deaths in kids from this disease, we are in the middle of the worst pandemic in a century. We actually have a ticket out. – Ashish Jha	Found on CNN 2 years ago
While The BBC can not turn back the clock after a quarter of a century, we can make a full and unconditional apology. The BBC offers that today. – Tim Davie	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Time is precious in the 21st century, the world of going and doing your weekly shop, like I remember growing up – it’s all completely changed. We’re always last minute. – Alastair Dean	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
This is not meant to choke off the entire 21st century. This is meant to help regulate it. – Andrew Gounardes	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
With this settlement the city turns a page and embraces the 21st century, where we will insist on recognizing citizens’ rights, human rights and developing a police force of peace officers to work with the community to better our city. – Mark Thomsen	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Southern Namibia already has twice the global rate of warming. In northern Namibia it is a staggering 3.6 degrees Celsius per century. – Francois Engelbrecht	Found on CNN 2 years ago
His statement clearly reflects his intent to keep enforcing the hostile policy toward the DPRK as it had been done by the U.S. for over half a century. – Kwon Jong Gun	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
His statement clearly reflects his intent to keep enforcing the hostile policy toward the DPRK as it had been done by the US for over half a century, now that what the keynote of the Kim Yo Jong new DPRK policy has become clear, we will be compelled to press for corresponding measures, and with time the US will find itself in a very grave situation. – Kim Yo Jong	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The American Families Plan is incomplete without a permanent child tax credit, we are in the midst of an FDR moment, which comes only once a century.If we let our FDR moment pass us by, without making the child tax credit permanent, we will live to regret it. – Ritchie Torres	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I think from a perspective, if you're sitting here at a retreat that's focused on policy, focused on the future of making America in the next century, and you're talking about something else, you're not being productive. – House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Proxima Centauri's planets are getting hit by something like this not once in a century, but at least once a day if not several times a day. – Meredith MacGregor	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The gist of the story was : Maybe we've graduated from so-called' chop-suey fonts,' which originated in the early 19th century right as a pastiche of an unknown land, now we've arrived at a very kind of globalized state. We know each other, we know the Chinese as traditional but also modern, we have a more nuanced view of the world. So perhaps we can retire these fonts. Or maybe we can use them in conjunction with other typefaces. – Anne Quito	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The relationship between plants and insects and other organisms have developed over many years -- thousands to millions of years, but in the recent century, climate change is really wrecking everything and perturbing all of these relationships. – Amos Tai	Found on CNN 3 years ago
There will be a lot of lawmakers who just want to repair their local potholes or old bridges rather than invest in 21st century technology, we can't squander a generational opportunity by investing in the last generation's infrastructure. – Seth Moulton	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It’s inaccurate and wrong and in my view betrays a misunderstanding of 19th-century sodomy law and also shows they didn’t read the book clearly, i stand by my work. I cited everything I cited correctly, based on the proceedings of the Old Bailey. There was no carve out (under the then sodomy laws) for consenting gay sex as we would call it today. It was a crime. – Naomi Wolf	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Our country's independent workforce has been essential in helping our communities overcome the many challenges we've faced throughout this pandemic. We are looking forward to working with the Biden-Harris Administration, including the Secretary of Harvard Labor, to address the rapidly evolving needs of the 21st century workforce, we encourage Marty Walsh to commit to promoting federal policies that will support the growing on-demand economy. – Whitney Mitchell Brennan	Found on CNN 3 years ago
If you can actually reschedule cities thanks to the newfound flexibility following the pandemic there could be ... a big impact, one of the tragedies of cities in the 20th century was really having everything synchronised, so you had peak hour, rush hour, and then there was a lot of congestion. – Carlo Ratti	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
I remember I was at the Hollywood Bowl on a really bad date, i mean, the girl is basically ignoring me. But here we were at this show watching Don Rickles. Then Frank Sinatra comes out with Don Rickles Jack Daniel’s and goes ‘ Is Frankie Stallone out there ? ’ I thought I was gon na have a heart attack. I just kind of stood up. Then he goes, ‘ I heard that new album you did with Billy May. Knocked my socks off, kid. ’ I just thought, ‘ Oh. My. God. ’ And now the girl is all over me like a cheap suit ! I was just so smitten. It’s really cool to be recognized by one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. – Frank Stallone	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
China is firmly opposed to this, ‘Forced labor’ is the biggest lie of the century, made by persons and agencies in some Western countries including the United States, with an aim to restrict and suppress the relevant Chinese authorities and companies, and contain China's development. – Zhao Lijian	Found on FOX News 3 years ago

In most areas, it peters out in the later 7th century, so that many cemeteries have a last phase of burials with no reopening.

– Alison Klevnäs

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is the second time that I have willingly fully co-operated with an investigation into events more than 25 years ago, i apologized then, and I do so again now, over the fact that I asked for bank statements to be mocked up. It was a stupid thing to do and was an action I deeply regret. But I absolutely stand by the evidence I gave a quarter of a century ago, and again more recently.

– Lord Dyson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have to discredit those who believe that the age of democracy is over, as some of our fellow nations believe. We have to expose as false the narrative that decrees of dictators can match the speed and scale of the 21st( century) challenges, you know, and I know, they're wrong.

– President Biden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Jews has been in that area of the world since about 1200 B.C., way before the first Muslim or Arab walked the earth. ... I mean, Jerusalem was their capital. So if it's who got there first, it's not even close, the Jews were the ones who were occupied by everybody ; the Romans took over at some point and then the Persians and the Byzantines and then the Ottomans. So yes, there was colonization going on there. Beginning in the 19th century, they started to return to Palestine, which was never an Arab country. There was never a country called Palestine that was a distinct Arab country.

– Bill Maher

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We are in the middle of the worst pandemic in a century. We actually have a ticket out.

– Ashish Jha

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Kids thankfully don't get as sick as adults, but kids do get sick. We've seen a lot of hospitalizations and unfortunately even a few deaths in kids from this disease, we are in the middle of the worst pandemic in a century. We actually have a ticket out.

– Ashish Jha

Found on CNN
2 years ago

While The BBC can not turn back the clock after a quarter of a century, we can make a full and unconditional apology. The BBC offers that today.

– Tim Davie

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Time is precious in the 21st century, the world of going and doing your weekly shop, like I remember growing up – it’s all completely changed. We’re always last minute.

– Alastair Dean

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

This is not meant to choke off the entire 21st century. This is meant to help regulate it.

– Andrew Gounardes

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

With this settlement the city turns a page and embraces the 21st century, where we will insist on recognizing citizens’ rights, human rights and developing a police force of peace officers to work with the community to better our city.

– Mark Thomsen

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Southern Namibia already has twice the global rate of warming. In northern Namibia it is a staggering 3.6 degrees Celsius per century.

– Francois Engelbrecht

Found on CNN
2 years ago

His statement clearly reflects his intent to keep enforcing the hostile policy toward the DPRK as it had been done by the U.S. for over half a century.

– Kwon Jong Gun

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

His statement clearly reflects his intent to keep enforcing the hostile policy toward the DPRK as it had been done by the US for over half a century, now that what the keynote of the Kim Yo Jong new DPRK policy has become clear, we will be compelled to press for corresponding measures, and with time the US will find itself in a very grave situation.

– Kim Yo Jong

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The American Families Plan is incomplete without a permanent child tax credit, we are in the midst of an FDR moment, which comes only once a century.If we let our FDR moment pass us by, without making the child tax credit permanent, we will live to regret it.

– Ritchie Torres

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I think from a perspective, if you're sitting here at a retreat that's focused on policy, focused on the future of making America in the next century, and you're talking about something else, you're not being productive.

– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Proxima Centauri's planets are getting hit by something like this not once in a century, but at least once a day if not several times a day.

– Meredith MacGregor

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The gist of the story was : Maybe we've graduated from so-called' chop-suey fonts,' which originated in the early 19th century right as a pastiche of an unknown land, now we've arrived at a very kind of globalized state. We know each other, we know the Chinese as traditional but also modern, we have a more nuanced view of the world. So perhaps we can retire these fonts. Or maybe we can use them in conjunction with other typefaces.

– Anne Quito

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The relationship between plants and insects and other organisms have developed over many years -- thousands to millions of years, but in the recent century, climate change is really wrecking everything and perturbing all of these relationships.

– Amos Tai

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There will be a lot of lawmakers who just want to repair their local potholes or old bridges rather than invest in 21st century technology, we can't squander a generational opportunity by investing in the last generation's infrastructure.

– Seth Moulton

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It’s inaccurate and wrong and in my view betrays a misunderstanding of 19th-century sodomy law and also shows they didn’t read the book clearly, i stand by my work. I cited everything I cited correctly, based on the proceedings of the Old Bailey. There was no carve out (under the then sodomy laws) for consenting gay sex as we would call it today. It was a crime.

– Naomi Wolf

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Our country's independent workforce has been essential in helping our communities overcome the many challenges we've faced throughout this pandemic. We are looking forward to working with the Biden-Harris Administration, including the Secretary of Harvard Labor, to address the rapidly evolving needs of the 21st century workforce, we encourage Marty Walsh to commit to promoting federal policies that will support the growing on-demand economy.

– Whitney Mitchell Brennan

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If you can actually reschedule cities thanks to the newfound flexibility following the pandemic there could be ... a big impact, one of the tragedies of cities in the 20th century was really having everything synchronised, so you had peak hour, rush hour, and then there was a lot of congestion.

– Carlo Ratti

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I remember I was at the Hollywood Bowl on a really bad date, i mean, the girl is basically ignoring me. But here we were at this show watching Don Rickles. Then Frank Sinatra comes out with Don Rickles Jack Daniel’s and goes ‘ Is Frankie Stallone out there ? ’ I thought I was gon na have a heart attack. I just kind of stood up. Then he goes, ‘ I heard that new album you did with Billy May. Knocked my socks off, kid. ’ I just thought, ‘ Oh. My. God. ’ And now the girl is all over me like a cheap suit ! I was just so smitten. It’s really cool to be recognized by one of the greatest singers of the 20th century.

– Frank Stallone

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

China is firmly opposed to this, ‘Forced labor’ is the biggest lie of the century, made by persons and agencies in some Western countries including the United States, with an aim to restrict and suppress the relevant Chinese authorities and companies, and contain China's development.

– Zhao Lijian

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

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