century

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Through the story of Ms. Chang’s grandmother, Yu-fang, the author showed us China in the early 20th century, when toddler girls had their feet broken and bound; when a young woman might be given in honorable marriage or shameful concubinage; when warlords contended for power.

From The Wall Street Journal

Through the 1990s and well into the new century, the author flies in and out of China without difficulty to visit her aging mother, who stayed behind in Chengdu.

From The Wall Street Journal

We’re in the 32nd century, post-”Burn” timeline established in “Star Trek: Discovery,” among the cadets at the eponymous San Francisco campus, newly rebuilt after “more than 120 years” to train Starfleet officers.

From Los Angeles Times

On the occasion of Adams’ death, it’s worth pondering on how Dilbert and its namesake protagonist were everywhere around the turn of the century.

From Slate

As we entered the new century and American office culture began to shift away from the stifling beige bureaucracy pinpointed in Dilbert, Adams’ online antics grew increasingly deranged.

From Slate