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The canal, which handles about 40 percent of US container traffic and five percent of world trade, was built by the United States, which operated it for a century before ceding control to Panama in 1999.

From Barron's

After a beat, she exclaimed: “It’s the 21st century!”

From Los Angeles Times

And what’s going to happen to this tourist town next week after the festival leaves during the worst snow drought in a century to date?

From Los Angeles Times

But enrollment in FCS classes has been in steady decline since the late 20th century.

From Salon

Silver prices “could get flushed out lower below $100 an ounce before returning back above the century mark,” Spina said.

From MarketWatch