Serbs resist the notion of independence for Kosovo, because centuries ago it was the center of their empire.
We see this disparity in many countries where a caste system has been in operation for centuries, and just because a country boosts its GDP, does not mean it will be able to take the lead from the US. The advantage in my opinion goes to the US because we are such a young country and are flexible enough to make changes and adjustments.
That's what makes classical music timeless, because even though it's been around for centuries, musicians like all of you are always reinterpreting and replaying it in ways that we've never heard before -- and that makes it so exciting.
Perched on a remote hilltop, this 1, 600-year-old monastery faces five separate lawsuits contesting its right to retain land that church leaders say they have owned for centuries but have been unable to register because of bureaucratic stonewalling.
They almost universally do not factor in the other emissions from burning fuel, even though they are more potent, because they exist in much smaller quantities and they also do not persist for centuries as will CO2.
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Such tree-ring records, along with other so-called proxy archives, can provide a wealth of information about volcanic events and their varying impacts around the globe because of resulting shifts in atmospheric circulation and other climate changes, dating for centuries prior to the period of instrumental record.
Because that kind of service and sacrifice has defined our nation for more than two centuries.
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President Sarkozy, ladies and gentlemen, members of the Armed Forces of France and the United States, for more than two centuries we have stood together in friendship, and because of our unwavering commitment to the cause of liberty, I'm confident that we'll continue to stand together, strong and free, for all the centuries to come.
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Not because diplomats suddenly became more able but because of the profound changes to the south, in the Republic of Ireland, which for centuries had been one of the poorest economies in western Europe.
Some conservatives are also reported to favour a papal resignation, apparently because they are angry over series of millennium initiatives including apologising for the sins of Catholics through the centuries.
Humanists like Paul Kurtz barely exist today because the production, availability of books, and the ability to read is only a couple centuries long for most people.
Dismissed or derided for centuries by the Western scientific tradition, it is ironic that paradoxical thinking is emergent precisely because science has been forced to turn to things like Hawkings Paradox to deal with the apparent contradictory nature of the universe.
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