Nor are smoking bans new: some German, Italian and American states had them in the mid-19th century.

禁止吸烟一点也不新鲜：一些德国，意大利和美国国家曾在19世纪中叶做过。

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As the American movie "Babel" has shown, communication, mutual understanding and trust are of utmost importance in the new century.

在新的世纪里，正如美国电影《巴别塔》所揭示的那样，沟通，理解，信任至关重要。

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These new-moon-shaped puff-pastry rolls seem first to have been introduced to British and American breakfast tables towards the end of the nineteenth century.

这些新月形状的油酥小卷，似乎是在十九世纪末才首次被引入英美，并被端上人们早餐餐桌的。

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David Cromer is a Broadway theater director who is presenting well-known twentieth century American plays in new and inventive ways.

VOA: special.2010.10.01

The results of the Boxer Rebellion and the Spanish-American War made clear that the new century would have a new world power: the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

Mr Khalilzad was a founder member of the now ailing neo-con Project for the New American Century, and signed its 1998 letter that called on President Bill Clinton to topple Saddam Hussein.

BBC: NEWS | Middle East | Zalmay Khalilzad: US power broker

No nation on earth is better positioned for the new century than American because of the diversity of our economy and citizens.

CNN: Transcript of President Clinton's weekly radio address

On Bill of Rights Day, we celebrate the liberties secured by our forebears, pay tribute to all who have fought to protect and expand our civil rights, and rededicate ourselves to driving a new century of American progress.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- Bill of Rights Day, 2012