In shade created by century-old buildings, we kissed. From Wordnik.com. [Land of Our Fathers] Reference
Five years ago he turned a century-old mule stable into this. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2009] Reference
And there is a century-old tree in Belgium that can fit the bill. From Wordnik.com. [Talking Tree: 100-Year-Old Belgian Tree Is World's Most Social Media Savvy Plant] Reference
This was the century-old hedge of blue aloes which gave the farm its name. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
The problem is the way they mix in the century-old bureaucracies of Detroit. From Wordnik.com. [Revving America] Reference
She lives in a century-old former schoolhouse on a higher elevation in town. From Wordnik.com. [Five Years After Katrina, A Return To Bay St. Louis] Reference
Baylor University will lift its century-old ban on on-campus dances this spring. From Wordnik.com. [Texas Is Talking...] Reference
And in places like Bosnia, the century-old saga of ethnic bloodshed sadly endured. From Wordnik.com. ['A Little Fresh Air'] Reference
We only patch them up when a bridge falls or a century-old switching system shorts. From Wordnik.com. [Trey Ellis: We're So Ready to Believe Again, Part II] Reference
But there still remained, deep-seated in his century-old mind, the memory of his crime. From Wordnik.com. [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference
Kept in place a century-old ban on donations directly from corporate treasuries to federal candidates. From Wordnik.com. [The ruling and the bill] Reference
No novelist or scriptwriter could hope to improve on the facts of the century-old Navajo-Hopi land dispute. From Wordnik.com. [Range Wars] Reference
Tonight's story comes from NPR's Tom Huizenga, whose passion for opera began with one century-old recording. From Wordnik.com. [Enrico Caruso, And Confessions Of An Operaholic] Reference
United Way of America CEO Brian Gallagher has transformed the century-old charity since he took over in 2002. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Most Valuable Brands] Reference
There were people in Chechnya who were willing to talk to the Russians, even if that is a century-old problem. From Wordnik.com. ['Always Keep Hope Alive'] Reference
Many legal observers expect the case to dictate the potency of the century-old Sherman Act for the digital age. From Wordnik.com. [The Feds V. Microsoft] Reference
Burrowing around in century-old, dusty files will be just the thing for a free spirit like Slippery Jim diGriz. From Wordnik.com. [The Misplaced Battleship] Reference
The century-old habit of legislative interference was not wholly uprooted in 1818, and soon began to grow apace. From Wordnik.com. [The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut] Reference
And they're overhauling the century-old internal-combustion engine and transmissions to squeeze out a few more mpg. From Wordnik.com. [Autos: Going the Extra Mileage] Reference
Hormel Foods, the century-old company that makes Spam, which is, I guess - which people turn to when time are tough. From Wordnik.com. [Markets 'Worry' Economy Is Running Out Of Steam] Reference
Ms. Wolovsky said she didn't realize until the storm passed that the wind had sheared off the century-old oak tree out back. From Wordnik.com. [Neighborhoods Saw Out After Tornado Fury] Reference
Ussuri, and Argun Rivers, ending a century-old border dispute; the sovereignty dispute over the islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri. From Wordnik.com. [The 2005 CIA World Factbook] Reference
GM has enormous engineering resources, yet a century-old, car-building legacy limits its ability to bring new innovations to market. From Wordnik.com. [Shocking potential for the Chevrolet Volt] Reference
The century-old building was going through asbestos removal, so Paulson had to set up his command center in a makeshift conference room. From Wordnik.com. [Paulson’s Complaint] Reference
In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
However far those markets, they are near in spirit to the century-old social experiment of Jamshedpur, the company's original steel town. From Wordnik.com. [A New Kind of Company] Reference
I'll still marvel as this century-old house is reborn — and I'll be left with the exquisite knowledge that I'm not the one paying the bill. From Wordnik.com. [The High Price of Home Improvement] Reference
For a completely different look at Russia, visit our collection of century-old color photos taken all over Russia at the twilight of its empire. From Wordnik.com. [Swearing Up a Storm] Reference
The room had just undergone a renovation to restore its nearly century-old design and Huckabee's usual seat had been replaced with an antique chair. From Wordnik.com. [Campaigning for a Healthier America] Reference
The Senate denied the renewal of a century-old patent for the emblem of the United Daughters of the Confederacy-the rebel flag surrounded by a wreath. From Wordnik.com. [Looking Into A Broken Mirror] Reference
The most notable memento is a century-old State Department certificate recognizing his great-great-grandfather as the Norwegian "vice consul" in Milwaukee. From Wordnik.com. [Bush's Man--And His Own] Reference
Ms. Brinkley has had a century-old, 12-bedroom house in Bridgehampton, known as Tower Hill because of its 50-foot observation tower, on and off the market years. From Wordnik.com. [Christie Brinkley Lists Home for $15.75 Million] Reference
High-flying Alcatel CEO Serge Tchuruk had launched his century-old French engineering company into the U.S. merger wars, and the move had proved an instant disaster. From Wordnik.com. [Buying American] Reference
Officials began giving away huge aid packages to lure students, among other frantic moves, forcing the century-old liberal-arts college to eventually close for good. From Wordnik.com. [What To Chop] Reference
What is unprecedented -- wonderful for some and horrifying to others -- is that in this era no one needs to reject his or her identity to cross these century-old boundaries. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi Irwin Kula: From the Cathedral to the Bazaar: What Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Says About Religious Syncretism] Reference
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