When it comes to leadership, if the 20th-century corporation was like a Sousa marching band, the new 21st-century organization needs to be more like Jazz.
This is Bond resurrected, redeemed and reinvigorated, ready to face a new half-century.
Look, we're trying to lay a foundation for a new century -- not to -- not make-work jobs.
For those living exceedingly large, Schmidt and the other conference-goers represent a new breed of servant, 21st-century gentlemen and ladies-in-waiting.
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If 18th-century New England has been mythologised, what of the early republic that followed it?
There's a room with a dozen cases dedicated to early-19th-century New England militia uniforms, firearms and accoutrement.
It all started in February, when California-based New Century Financial cratered after rising subprime loan delinquencies and margin calls from its lenders, which refused to offer more credit.
An explosion of wealth and population in early 19th-century New York prompted the Common (later City) Council to ask the State Legislature to establish a commission to "develop and choose a master plan to channel and direct" the city's future expansion.
We could transform America right now, rebuilding our roads and our bridges and our airports and also rebuilding a new infrastructure for the 21st century -- high-speed rail and a new generation of air traffic control that could actually save 15 percent of fuel costs and as a consequence reduce global warming.
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While several 18th-century views of London from the Thames show a city already crowded with centuries of development, early 19th-century views of New York and the Hudson are almost Eden-like in their comparative rusticity.
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Nor did it save U.K. hedge fund Northern Rock, Netherlands-based hedge fund Carlyle Capital or U.S. subprime lender New Century Financial (other-otc: CYFL.PK - news - people ).
His acquisition of two electric guitars from 1955 inspired the revved-up new song "21st Century Blues, " in which the boyhood fan of sci-fi books pines for the flying cars and Mars colonies predicted in the Space Age.
We're investing in health care, education, energy information, technology, health technology -- (applause) -- electric vehicles and batteries, investments that will help us build a new economy for the 21st century -- investments that will allow us to lead in the 21st century as we did in the 20th.
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One in five residents was born outside the U.S. The city attracted the second-highest number of new, foreign-born residents in the first decade of this century, after the more populous New York.
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Even with advances in robotics, Mr. Riddell believes the idiosyncratic corners, buttresses and recesses of New York's 20th-century skyline will keep humans involved in the trade.
It also has clean-lined, light-filled rooms, which can accommodate century-old wooden furniture and new, industrial-style light fixtures.
Ms Jiricna's new treasure trove, the 21st-century's answer to Dresden's Baroque Green Vault, will only make it more so.
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Rivette, a New Wave original from a half-century ago, now seventy-nine years old, creates an atmosphere of unrivalled stillness.
As a new century begins, cyber-crime, including electronic terrorism, looms as a new way for criminals to threaten global security.
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But in the new century, the company--privatized in 1979 and now with a state-owned body holding only an 8% stake--is moving to globalize.
Late last month, followers congregated near Red Fort, the 17th-century bastion in New Delhi where Indian prime ministers deliver their Independence Day addresses each year.
She was more cautious in the bubble years than many recall--for instance, comparing the period to the 17th-century Dutch tulip-bulb mania in a 1999 New Yorker piece.
Credit market jitters began in February, when one of the largest subprime lenders, New Century Financial (other-otc: NEWC - news - people ), collapsed.
The Forum is a future-oriented event designed to feed the debate launched by the Director General of UNESCO on the necessity of a new humanism for the twenty-first century.
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He wants us to begin to invest even more in the new jobs of the 21st century -- in infrastructure, in information technology, in clean energy, in manufacturing, in modern agriculture.
But, two runs short of his half-century, the New Zealand skipper offered no shot to a straight Sidebottom delivery that handed the Nottinghamshire seamer - out of sorts and wickless on Thursday - his remarkable figures.
Though a lover of modern art, Mr Danto is firm with its more formalist and doctrinaire champions, particularly Clement Greenberg, a critic who dominated the New York art world at mid-century, much as Mr Danto, with a far quieter voice, stands out now.
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The subprime meltdown, which began about this time last year with the bankruptcy of New Century Financial (other-otc: NEWC - news - people ), has spread throughout the credit markets and has dragged down banks and bond insurers along with it.
There was concern over the proposed wind farm's impact on local panoramic views, and in particular the setting of the nearby Lyveden New Bield - a National Trust 17th Century lodge which has one of the finest surviving examples of an Elizabethan garden in the country.
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So far, the damage in the U.S. mortgage industry has been confined to a few highly leveraged and weakened lenders, such as New Century Financial (other-otc: NEWC - news - people ), which had to file for bankruptcy earlier this year after its banks refused to extend it more credit, and to a few funds that had big investments in the sector.
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