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The US is failing the test of the century

A new wave and second lockdown would be a bigger hit to wealth than a cautious return to work, but Donald Trump is refusing to listen




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A radical plan for 21st century regulation

Traditional rulemaking is unable to keep up with new digital businesses




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Argentina’s century bond caught in dash for exit

Just two years ago investors rushed to snap up 100-year debt sold by Buenos Aires




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Australia Must Get to Grips with Asian Century - 12 Feb

If we continue to ignore the rising economic success of our Asian neighbours we will lose our place as a G20 economy by 2030.




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15th-Century north Wales mansion where Kit Harrington threw his stag do goes on sale on £1.65m

Eriviat Hall, in Henllan, Denbigshire, Wales, has been designed to run as both a private home and a wedding venue as well as a house for rent, and has been put on the market for £1.65million.




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Jon Voight declares Trump is 'greatest president of this century' in a new Twitter video

President Donald Trump has tweeted his thanks to Jon Voight after the actor declared Trump 'the greatest president of this century' and derided the 'radical left' in a social media video.




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Why Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao's 'Fight of the Century' was a $600million anti-climax

The two men had traded verbal blows for six long years but this was the first time they'd met. Their eyes locked across a basketball court and they gave each other a nod that said it was time to do business.




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Crater left by a giant meteor is finally found by scientists after a century of searching

It was one of the largest known meteors to have hit the Earth but the impact location has been a mystery, according to researchers from Nanyang Technical University in Singapore.




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19th century Vatican palace is turned into a homeless shelter on the orders of the Pope 

The Palazzo Migliori was set to be turned into a luxury hotel after it became vacant last year and could have charged top rates with its prime location just off St Peter's Square.




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Did firefighters follow 18th Century emergency protocol to save Notre Dame?

Firefighters followed a 230-year-old protocol when battling last night's blaze at Notre Dame in Paris, according to a Twitter user, citing a lecture at Versailles on long term city planning.




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ISIS copying 19th century German tactics to wage war on the West

Invoking the Germany Army's historical strategy of 'Auftragstaktik', the policy helps ISIS carry out attacks abroad when its chain of command is restricted by Western intelligence agencies.




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2010s in the UK was the second hottest decade in a CENTURY

The past decade in the UK was the second hottest in the past 100 years and set eight high-temperature records, figures revealed last night, only slightly behind 2000 to 2009.




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Mad Max: Fury Road beats Star Wars: The Force Awakens to the 'greatest film of the century' title

In a list published by this month's Empire magazine called '100 Greatest Movies of the Century', the Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron blockbuster came in top.




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Donald Trump enters 2020 claiming he is victim of 'the crime of the century' 

After a mostly quiet New Year's Day, President Trump started out the second day of 2020 on a Twitter tear.




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18th Century portraits, British Punk and the Queen at Libertines statement New York Fashion Week show

18th Century portraits, British Punk and the Queen at Libertines statement New York Fashion Week show




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Lamine Diack set for 'trial of century' after being accused of conspiring to cover up drugs tests

A courtroom battle billed as sport's trial of the century is set to start in Paris on Monday. Lamine Diack and six others will stand trial accused of conspiring to cover up positive drugs tests




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Rare 19th Century colour photos show a unified Korea

In one shot,  locals enjoy a feast of wine and biscuits, in another a local dignitary is carried through a provincial village.




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'Indiana Jones of the art world' recovers stolen £850,000 15th-century book by Persian poet

The gold-leafed volume by famous Persian poet Hafez was recovered by Arthur Brand. It had vanished from an antique collectors home after he died in 2007, along with other works.




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Knight becomes first English cricketer to score a century in Test, ODI and Twenty20 matches

Knight became the first English player, male or female, to make hundreds in Test, one-day international and Twenty20 cricket when she powered England to an emphatic World Cup victory.




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Cambridge University agrees to return bronze cockerel looted from Nigeria in 19th century

Known as a Benin Bronze, it was snatched by British colonial forces and donated to Jesus College in 1905 by the father of a student. The piece was removed from public view in March 2016.




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Candice Warner tears up watching husband David hit triple-century at the Adelaide Oval

David Warner went from being the pariah of Australian cricket to being 'better than Bradman' with an unbeaten 335 not out at the Adelaide Oval while wife Candice watched on.




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Harrison Ford flop Call Of The Wild set to lose 20th Century $50million

A combination of lackluster box office sales and a bloated budget were factors in the film's flub. After two weeks in theaters, Call Of The Wild has taken in $45million domestically.




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Depictions of Tutankhamun's wife Ankhesenamun influenced 20th century films, claims Egyptologist

EXCLUSIVE: Tarek el-Awady, 55, the curator of the Tutankhamun: exhibition at London's Saatchi Gallery said that modern depictions of Cleopatra resemble Ankhesenamun.




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Priceless fourth-century statues of Buddha stolen from Afghanistan returned after 17-year stay in UK

Officers stopped two wooden crates at Heathrow Airport, from Peshawar, in Pakistan, after suspecting the Buddha sculpture and nine Buddha heads inside might contain drugs.




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16th century pub that is The Running Horses in Mickleham revealed

The Running Horses, in the village of Mickleham, Surrey, is owned by the Brakspear brewery company, but don’t let that put you off. There’s something for everyone here.




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Penzance boasts a thriving art scene, Georgian squares and a top-notch 18th century B&B

The Inspector issues a five-star rating to The Chapel House in Cornwall's Penzance, a six-room B&B opposite the church, housed in a magnificent brick-and-stone 1790s building.




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Incredible 19th Century maps reveal startling transformation of America's biggest cities

These incredible late 19th century maps offer a glimpse into the urban landscape of America after 1865, post-Civil War, when New York was home to two million and was yet to see widespread electricity.




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Mick Jagger, 76, is quarantining at his 16th century French castle La Fourchette

Sir Mick Jagger is currently happily holed up at his 16th century French castle, La Fourchette, which is situated on the banks of the Loire as he quarantines during the coronavirus pandemic. 




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TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: Virat Kohli dismissal stuns crowd as Lokesh Rahul falls short of double century

England were made to toil on day three of the fifth and final Test in Chennai as Lokesh Rahul hit 199. LAWRENCE BOOTH casts his eye over the day's action at the Chidambaram Stadium.




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Ashes 2019: Steve Smith takes swipe at England after smashing double century

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT OLD TRAFFORD: Steve Smith accused England of playing into his hands after he continued to punish their bowling with a magnificent 211 in Manchester.




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Cricket news: England claim fifth Ashes Test victory despite Matthew Wade century

PAUL NEWMAN AT THE OVAL: What a way to end England's longest season and what a catch from the flying figure of Joe Root to complete a victory that sees the first drawn Ashes since 1972.




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New Zealand take control as BJ Watling hits century against England

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Make no mistake: BJ Watling, who brought up his eighth Test hundred an hour into the evening session, played superbly.




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Half of the world's beaches could disappear by the end of the century due to climate change

At-risk areas include Surfers' Paradise in Queensland, St Tropez, Honolulu, Copacabana, the Costa del Sol and Weymouth, the study reveals.




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15th-Century north Wales mansion where Kit Harrington threw his stag do goes on sale on £1.65m

Eriviat Hall, in Henllan, Denbigshire, Wales, has been designed to run as both a private home and a wedding venue as well as a house for rent, and has been put on the market for £1.65million.




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With 42 cases in a day, Akola completes century of Covid-19 cases




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Missing for a century, giant Galapagos tortoise is discovered again

Forrest Galante, a host of 'Extinct or Alive' on the 'Animal Planet,' recounts the locating of the Fernandina Island tortoise that hasn't been heard from since 1906. (Dan Fastenberg reports.)




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Women philosophers of seventeenth-century England : selected correspondence [Electronic book] / Jacqueline Broad.

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.




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The woman as slave in Nineteenth-Century American social movements [Electronic book] / Ana Stevenson.

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.




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Scottish philosophy in the seventeenth century [Electronic book] / Alexander Broadie.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.




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Regime and society in twentieth-century Russia : selected papers from the fifth World Congress of Central and East European studies, Warsaw, 1995 [Electronic book] / edited by Ian D. Thatcher.

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 1999.




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NEW APPROACHES TO THE TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY ANGLOPHONE NOVEL [Electronic book].

[S.l.] : PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2020.




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The history of Scottish theology. Volume III, The long twentieth century [Electronic book] / David Fergusson and Mark Elliott.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.




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A concise handbook of the Indian economy in the 21st century [Electronic book] / Ashima Goyal.

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020.




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The Edmonson Sisters: Teaching Black Women’s Activism in the 19th Century

Americans have a long history of advocating for their rights and principles. With our Women and the American Story (WAMS) curriculum, teachers can trace this narrative of activism through the women reformers of the 1800s who worked for social change alongside and apart from men—inspiring their students, both boys and girls, to be engaged citizens...

The post The Edmonson Sisters: Teaching Black Women’s Activism in the 19th Century appeared first on Behind The Scenes.




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Saturn in the 21st century / edited by Kevin H. Baines (University of Wisconsin, Madison), F. Michael Flasar (NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center), Norbert Krupp (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne), Tom Stallard (University of Leicest

Hayden Library - QB671.S2445 2018




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Comets in the 21st century: a personal guide to experiencing the next great comet! / Daniel C. Boice, Thomas Hockey ; with a foreword by Walter F. Huebner

Online Resource




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"Wa-pee Moos-tooch", or, "White Buffalo" : the hero of a hundred battles ; a tale of life in Canada's great west during the early years of the last century / by McDougall

Calgary : Calgary Herald, 1908




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Rest uneasy: sudden infant death syndrome in twentieth century America / Brittany Cowgill

Hayden Library - RJ320.S93 C69 2018




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Children and drug safety: balancing risk and protection in twentieth century America / Cynthia A. Connolly

Hayden Library - RJ560.C66 2018




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US infrastructure: challenges and directions for the 21st century / edited by Aman Khan and Klaus Becker

Dewey Library - HC110.C3 U7 2020