For even in this odd and musty world of phantoms which we call the twentieth century, there are times when a man finds himself in a certain place at. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Old Ballads — Complete] Reference
Such trends are clearly seen in twentieth-century Mexico. From Wordnik.com. [Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico] Reference
Showing on only 8 screens it entered the chart in twentieth place. From Wordnik.com. [BOX OFFICE BEAT: The Two Week Hangover « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more] Reference
Short stories mostly set in twentieth-century Mississippi but some also in Rome. From Wordnik.com. [Linkspam for 29-5-2009] Reference
The story of Christianity in twentieth-century Africa is particularly noteworthy. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, Gods!] Reference
Although clearly rooted very firmly in twentieth century Britain, the mirrors evoke pure science fiction. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Advice] Reference
He was a central figure in twentieth-century physics, in the middle of it all, working on the H-bomb and studying black holes. From Wordnik.com. [Wolfram Blog : 2008 : April] Reference
Forget the mascara, blue lampshades, and fluffy kitty cats: there is no one more tough-minded in twentieth-century European letters. From Wordnik.com. [Gender Bending, Part 2] Reference
I will be greatly surprised if her works are not soon recognized as some of the best writing in twentieth century American literature. From Wordnik.com. [Reader reviews of Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett.] Reference
On the first page of his new and absorbing collection of essays he calls the twentieth century 'a tragic one in the history of European (including American) civilization. '. From Wordnik.com. [Prophet With Honor] Reference
It was the ideal data set, Cavalli-Sforza realized, for the study of a particularly contentious issue in twentieth-century genetics — the role of genetic drift in evolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Genetic Archaeology of Race] Reference
Never mind that the era immediately preceding the introduction of television - The Great Depression - was one of the peak periods of violent crime in twentieth century America. From Wordnik.com. [Will Jack Bauer Be Censored? | the TV addict] Reference
"What we call the twentieth century ended in 1915. From Wordnik.com. [Elusive Lucidity] Reference
Arthur Eddington and A.N. Whitehead; and one can call twentieth-century scholars like Hans Kayser. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
In the nineteenth case are the Oxides of Lead; and in the twentieth are the first of the oxides of electro-negative substances. From Wordnik.com. [How to See the British Museum in Four Visits] Reference
Einstein deduced from his equations of special relativity what has been called the twentieth century's most well known equation: E = mc2. From Wordnik.com. [MAKE Magazine] Reference
I think that last cake was attempting to say "twentieth", but I'm not entirely sure. From Wordnik.com. [I'm This Many] Reference
(they had sixteen children) he would say to her, "Never mind, the twentieth will be the most welcome."'. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson, Volume 6 Addenda, index, dicta philosophi, etc.] Reference
(they had sixteen children) he would say to her, “Never mind, the twentieth will be the most welcome.” '. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson]
While yet it scarcely had begun; a day after the twentieth is the date; it's next the twenty-fifth; it's next -- the month has gone. From Wordnik.com. [This Freedom] Reference
I mean, he may have thought the twentieth was the nineteenth or he may have thought the nineteenth was the twentieth. ". From Wordnik.com. [At Bertram's Hotel]
Mexico's economy is only one twentieth the size of the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Yanquis, Come Here] Reference
And this in the British Isles, in the last decade of the twentieth century. From Wordnik.com. ['God Is Not Great'] Reference
"The Journals of John Cheever" is only about one twentieth of this whole output. From Wordnik.com. [The Story He Told Himself] Reference
In turn, the driver is only one twentieth of the total mass; the rest is the steel car itself. From Wordnik.com. [Supersize The Automobile] Reference
But then in the early twentieth century light was also found to be composed of particles called photons. From Wordnik.com. [Vic Stenger: The New Spirituality] Reference
The reason is that Mexico -- with a third of our population -- has an economy only one twentieth as large. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Fog Over Nafta] Reference
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released their twentieth annual U.S. beaches report card today. From Wordnik.com. [Most Polluted Beaches In California] Reference
You really hit a point by the twentieth century where women felt they were doing what they felt they needed to do. From Wordnik.com. [Q&Amp;A: A Few Good Women] Reference
There's even some evidence that the rate was higher in the first half of the twentieth century than in the second half. From Wordnik.com. [Why So Gloomy?] Reference
"" Before the twentieth century, girls simply did not organize their think - ing about themselves around their bodies, '' she writes. From Wordnik.com. [Fear And Self-Loathing In Young Girls Lives] Reference
China's per capita water resources are about one quarter of the world average, and in northern China that ratio drops to one twentieth. From Wordnik.com. [BEWARE OF FALLING ICE] Reference
In the mid-twentieth century, it was important to understand the ideas that fed the totalitarian passions of fascism, Nazism and communism. From Wordnik.com. [The War Against Jihadism] Reference
Throughout much of the twentieth century, great powers had vied with one another to create new, or more effective, instruments of coercion. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Bacevich: The End of (Military) History? The United States, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War] Reference
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