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  • It's a term 21st-century Europe would much rather forget in its quest to do business with now-powerful countries once humiliated or exploited in the name of, well, empire.

    Not Imperialist? The EU Just Started a Bit Late David Cottle 2011

  • "What we hear more and more today is people picking up what I call 21st-century words and phrases to transmit the same thoughts that went into the political procedure years ago," Clyburn told Reuters.

    Reuters: Top News 2012

  • In short, 21st-century males have a great deal to be angry about because—as the show's compulsive pelvic fixation should make clear—they are in every way impotent.

    All About Yveses Nancy deWolf Smith 2011

  • In striving for what he and Chavez call "21st-century socialism," Correa has alienated bankers, industrialists, the Roman Catholic Church and even indigenous groups.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • In striving for what he and Chavez call "21st-century socialism," Correa has alienated bankers, industrialists, the Roman Catholic Church and even indigenous groups.

    www.startribune.com 2012

  • Because it just so happens that not all canola oil is as flavourless as the stuff on supermarket shelves, which has been extruded, degummed, acidified, vacuumed, bleached and deodorized, all in the name of shelf life and what you might call the 21st-century agro-industrial palate.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARK SCHATZKER 2011

  • Lord Acton who prefers to be called just plain old Johnny is what you might call a 21st-century Renaissance man.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WENCY LEUNG 2011

  • For bullion traders such as ATS, the 21st-century version of the gold rush has seen profits more than double since 2007.

    Gold price continues its dizzying climb as economies come under threat 2011

  • But from sewers to power stations, the infrastructure deficit continues to grow and today's problems pale by comparison to the challenges which could be posed by 21st-century resource shortages and climate change.

    If we can organise the Olympics, why can't we get the basics right? | Matthew Taylor 2011

  • What Republicans need, he said, is the "flexibility to work within those principles on issues they need to address in modern 21st-century America."

    Reagan at 100 casts shadow over Republican Party Dan Balz 2011

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