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  • The Japanese government stepped quickly into the vacuum, trading loans for concessions, and by May of 1915 felt sufficiently entrenched to issue—under threat of attack—what came to be known as the Twenty-one Demands.

    The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

  • Twenty-one years later, Oliver believes he has finally found the brother his family was meant to adopt.

    Dear Strangers by Meg Mullins: Book summary 2010

  • Twenty-one percent displayed a degree of moral sensibility (advocating, for example, a future Jewish state).

    Hitler's Co-Conspirators 2009

  • (Soundbite of applause) SAGAL: Twenty-one miles long.

    Dick Van Dyke Plays Not My Job 2010

  • Savonarola and the Bonfire of the Vanities Twenty-one years ago, "The Bonfire of the Vanities" was a terrible film that lived up to its title, by giving its investors the disastrous box-office return of a third of what it had cost to produce.

    For the Love of Money Andrew McKie 2011

  • Twenty-one cases in Minnesota, first reported in February.

    U.S. Headed Toward Most Measles Cases In 10 Years AP 2011

  • Twenty-one people, including Salomi, are on the list of the missing throughout Iraq.

    Gulf War II 2010

  • Twenty-one novels were chosen last month for the longlist, and now six are on the shortlist.

    Authors and others 2010

  • Twenty-one cases in Minnesota, first reported in February.

    U.S. Headed Toward Most Measles Cases In 10 Years AP 2011

  • Twenty-one novels were chosen last month for the longlist, and now six are on the shortlist.

    A Different Stripe: 2010

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