century

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The Shinawatras have produced no fewer than four Thai prime ministers this century, and Pheu Thai's latest nominee for the position, biomedical engineering professor Yodchanan Wongsawat, was Thaksin's nephew.

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The company's new show is an ambitious production of a 2006 Broadway musical, a challenging coming of age story about a group of young people in a strict nineteenth century community.

From BBC

FOCs have been flown by merchant ships for more than a century, as a means for owners to skirt laws and regulations at home.

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A century ago, Henry Ford set an example that other major industrialists would follow, when he cut working hours for staff in his car factories and adopted a 40-hour, five-day week.

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The 20th Century flick stars Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien as a woman and her boss trying to survive on a deserted island after their plane crashes.

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