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late-twentieth-century

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  • They have their own very clear ideas about what the results of their late-twentieth-century transformations are "meant to be".

    The optimists of Davos past now face a world whose script has gone awry | Timothy Garton Ash 2011

  • Set in the mythical small city of Sparta, New York, this searing, vividly rendered exploration of the mysterious conjunction of erotic romance and tragic violence in late-twentieth-century America returns to the emotional and geographical terrain of acclaimed author Joyce Carol Oates's previous bestsellers We Were the Mulvaneys and The Gravedigger's Daughter.

    Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates: Book summary 2010

  • In fact, too much of late-twentieth-century cosmology was still not quite believable, more theory than observation.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • Yet he knew, somewhere in the depths of his ancient genetic memory, that these birds were predators of parrots—and was communicating this prehistoric knowledge to a late-twentieth-century scientist, in spoken English.

    Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

  • In fact, too much of late-twentieth-century cosmology was still not quite believable, more theory than observation.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • In fact, too much of late-twentieth-century cosmology was still not quite believable, more theory than observation.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • What about other elements of late-twentieth-century strategies for socialization of the economy “from below,” like worker ownership of businesses and the transformation of corporate structures through public representation on boards of directors?

    Radical-In-Chief Stanley Kurtz 2010

  • I remember that because it was the first in the Marcus Didius Falco historical series and it was so funny and the setting was so convincing, it transported me from a cold motel room in late-twentieth-century Pennsylvania with its closed-down Interstates directly to the Roman forum, first-century A.D.

    The Old Desert Island Scenario | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008

  • What about other elements of late-twentieth-century strategies for socialization of the economy “from below,” like worker ownership of businesses and the transformation of corporate structures through public representation on boards of directors?

    Radical-In-Chief Stanley Kurtz 2010

  • By all accounts, British Steel is a cornerstone of late-twentieth-century hard rock, even if a few of the songs manage to be really heavy and really lame at the same time.

    Chuck Klosterman on Rock Chuck Klosterman 2010

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