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These less-attractive facets of doing business in the twenty-first century can be found in the earliest appearances of business, a word that is native to English.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Since the early twenty-first century, lol has been a must-have abbreviation.1 Devised by internet users, it conveys mirth—“laughing out loud”—that is invisible and inaudible in purely onscreen interaction.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Liberals and conservatives in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries sharply disagree about matters such as school desegregation, affirmative action, presidential power, separation of church and state, individual liberties such as abortion rights and gay rights, protections for criminal defendants, and civil rights.

The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

And so, even in the twenty-first century, anyone hoping to master reading and writing English must set aside plenty of time to learn—largely by rote memory—standard spellings that seem to be as closely guided by pronunciation as the former planet Pluto is by Play-Doh.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Looking back from the twenty-first century, it may be hard to imagine that most Americans in the nineteenth century believed that materialism was evil, thrift was virtuous, and the pursuit of pleasure was dangerous at best.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

These less-attractive facets of doing business in the twenty-first century can be found in the earliest appearances of business, a word that is native to English.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

One example among many is found in the dialogue between Ethiopian and American musicians: jazz in the United States inspired Ethiopian jazz artists of the 1970s, which prompted interpretations by American artists of the early twenty-first century, which has led to collaborations between Ethiopians and Americans.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Since the early twenty-first century, lol has been a must-have abbreviation.1 Devised by internet users, it conveys mirth—“laughing out loud”—that is invisible and inaudible in purely onscreen interaction.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

And so, even in the twenty-first century, anyone hoping to master reading and writing English must set aside plenty of time to learn—largely by rote memory—standard spellings that seem to be as closely guided by pronunciation as the former planet Pluto is by Play-Doh.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

The Social Security Act of 1935, a major piece of legislation in the so-called Second New Deal and one of the few to survive into the twenty-first century, included an old-age pension system and an unemployment insurance program.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010