• She will be 30 in September which is ancient in tennis years.

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  • He pointed out how violations of the truce were extremely rare in ancient times, whereas in recent years the games have been cancelled three times due to war.

    BBC: Olympic Games debate

  • Unfortunately, that meant Marines probably would have to continue going ashore in their ancient AAVs for the next 20 years, so the Corps initiated a series of survivability upgrades aimed at providing the vehicle with better protection.

    FORBES: Marines Fight For Crucial Vehicle As Budget Cuts Loom

  • If someone described to you an ancient civilization in which, every four years, at great expense, citizens convened to watch a carefully selected group perform a series of meticulously preset routines, and in which the watching was thought of not as a duty but as a hugely anticipated and unambiguously pleasurable experience, you would guess that, socially, this ritual was doing a lot of work.

    NEWYORKER: Glory Days

  • Or to the designs of an ancient plot set in motion exactly four hundred years ago in the library of the King of Bohemia.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'Borges and the Eternal Orangutans'

  • On the ancient shores of a country just 40 years in the making, it hardly seems too much to ask.

    BBC: Papua��s got a brand new bag

  • The Dana Air was 22 years old, which is not exactly ancient in aviation terms but given that Nigerian law prohibits aircraft over the age of 20 from operating, who fell asleep at the switch?

    CNN: Nigerians demand answers in wake of Dana Air crash

  • The monarchy in Britain is an ancient institution which, for more than a thousand years, has been dominated by men.

    BBC: Why the monarchy discriminates

  • In recent years, Ms. Stephens has reconstructed the styles of ancient royals including Faustina the Younger and Empress Plotina sometimes on live models.

    WSJ: On Pins and Needles: Stylist Turns Ancient Hairdo Debate on Its Head

  • The ancient people measured time in cycles called "baktuns" of 394 years each, and the winter solstice coming Friday marks the end of the 13th baktun.

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  • The ski lift, an ancient T-bar surface tow, hadn't turned in 30 years.

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  • Two ancient palms had once grown in his own front garden, but four years ago Nava had insisted that they be cut down, because the swish of their fronds against the bedroom window kept her awake at night and filled her with sorrow.

    NEWYORKER: Waiting

  • Ancient rock art in Northumberland, thought to be up to 6, 000 years old, could disappear because of changing weather conditions, experts warn.

    BBC: Climate change threat to Northumberland rock art

  • This ancient fruit (it was mentioned in Buddhist texts more than 2, 500 years ago) is much more than the stuff of desserts and trade wars.

    CNN: TWO IS ENOUGH - REALLY

  • According to researchers, while many modern pets may look like those depicted in ancient Egyptian tombs or Roman mosaics, extensive cross-breeding through thousands of years has meant that no modern dog breeds can be truly classified as "ancient".

    BBC: Modern dogs have 'little in common' with ancient breeds

  • For the past century in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, ancient fossils dating back millions of years continue to emerge suggesting a common ancestor for humans.

    CNN: African roots of the human family tree

  • Cormorant fishing is an ancient ritual that has been practiced in China and Japan for more than 1, 500 years, and can also been seen in other parts of the world.

    WSJ: Cormorant Fishing in Yunnan Province, China

  • The Smithsonian's Fitzhugh says ancient plant life in the hunting areas may tell us what the climate was like thousands of years ago.

    NPR: History Emerging from the Ice

  • In previous years he found between 79 and 32 - an average of 42 - at the ancient woodland site but this year he found none.

    BBC: Purple hairstreak butterfly numbers hit by wet weather

  • Chris Carilli, of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Socorro, New Mexico, points out that the quasar-based method to measure the ancient value of alpha is at least 30 years old, and has never before resulted in a value different from today's alpha.

    ECONOMIST: Fundamental physics

  • It's one of the most ancient tools in our arsenal--our ancestors chipped the first ones out of rock more than two million years ago.

    FORBES: The 20 Most Important Tools Ever

  • Fast forward a few thousand years and according to the ancient Greek legend, Jason took the mythological Golden Fleece from King Aietes in Colchis, which is now part of Georgia.

    CNN: Country profile: Georgia

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