Around the year 1200, the Chinese refined the design, creating suan-pan, or the modern, wire-based abacus.
The real long-range worry is a potential demographic disaster for Social Security, beginning around the year 2010.
Ship rats and stoats imported into the country around the year 1870 are blamed for the birds' demise.
Then, around the year 2000, Craigslist began expanding to cities all over the world, changing the way people buy and sell.
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Africa reached the peak of its power around the year 2050 BC when the middle Kingdom of Egypt was at its most powerful.
It was they who famously hunted the poor old dodo to extinction, killing off the last of the forest-dwelling creatures sometime around the year 1680.
Things changed around the year 2000, when Kaduna was hit, for the first time, by religious conflict attributed to the introduction of Islamic law in the state.
The climatic tables for Tripoli in western Libya (former province of Tripolitania) and Benghazi in eastern Libya (ancient Cyrenaica) are representative of conditions around the year in the coastal regions.
Korean society, though still relatively young today, has to complete its march to affluence while also setting aside for a day--around the year 2050--when barely one worker will support each retiree.
That started driving up prices around the year 2000.
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Antigua, the largest of the Leeward Islands, and its sister island Barbuda make up a two-island state whose temperatures and humidity around the year are very similar to those described in the general entry for the Caribbean, as are the amount and distribution of sunshine.
The OECD warned yesterday that the eurozone economies would barely grow at all in the next year - and there was a strong chance of them dipping into recession around the turn of the year.
Russian demographics have now improved to the point that if the trends of the first half of 2012 hold for the rest of the year, that is if the birth rate for the whole year increases by around 6.7% and the death rate for the whole year decreases by around 2.9%, then Russia will actually record a small natural increase in population.
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If most of the price reductions were concentrated in the months around the new year, they could well be sufficient to avert an American recession and revive financial confidence in the euro zone.
However, the EE savings bond loses its advantage around the 4 year mark.
The next new model is the CT200h, a dedicated hybrid, which is coming to market around the first of the year.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality also investigated a complaint about the lingering smell of ammonia around the plant the same year.
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According to this playbook, General Musharraf would be re-elected by the current parliament in uniform, and would then have to shed it around the end of the year.
Mrs Knox, ward member for Beaminster on Dorset County Council, said she hoped the planning process would be as quick as possible and allow work to start around the new year.
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These instruments play an important role in the "Ring, " an epic tale of greed, revenge, love and redemption that will be presented around the globe this year during the bicentenary of Wagner's birth.
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The automaker will use the stand- or parts of it- at 10 other auto shows around the world this year, including the Shanghai Motor Show in China in April and Geneva show in March.
The May 7, 2012, AP story that disclosed details of the CIA operation in Yemen to stop an airliner bomb plot occurred around the one-year anniversary of the May 2, 2011, killing of Osama bin Laden.
Many U.S.-bound students plan the calendar year around the six or seven official dates for the SAT, an abbreviation for Scholastic Aptitude Test, and the supplementary SAT subject tests because not all sections are offered every time.
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The London troubadour sold 500, 000 copies of his debut album Home Again around the world last year and was nominated for the Mercury Prize.
Of the 15 districts left open around the country this year by Republican retirements, the 2nd has been the most heavily Democratic in recent presidential elections.
The overall North American rig count declined by around 15% over the last year while the number of gas rigs declined by around 45% as low natural gas prices prompted oil and gas companies to cut down on gas drilling.
Mr Paya's family dispute the circumstances around the 60-year-old's death and have alleged the vehicle was deliberately forced off the road.
The Munich-based company hopes to sell 100, 000 Minis around the world during the coming year.
It gives them a better product, it keeps the buzz around the company higher throughout the year.
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