In 1974, Chicago sealed its reputation with the completion of the Sears Tower, then the world's biggest building.
The legend of an alien landing in Roswell spread across the country, and then the world.
Others, a handful in number, produce enough food to feed all of us and then the world beyond.
Strangely, since then the world's banks and news organisations have not rushed to rummage through dustmen's economic forecasts.
It was morning and then the sun rose and then the world changed.
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If the only policy tool you have left is the hammer of printing money, then the world looks like a nail.
At one time in the 1930s eight Nobel prizewinners were working in the Cavendish, then the world's leading centre for experimental nuclear physics.
The first of these giant carriers was created in 2008 when Delta Air Lines bought Northwest, creating what was then the world's largest airline.
Since then the world has cut more than we have and left the United States with the highest marginal corporate tax rate in the world.
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The country's remarkable modernisation drive was symbolised, nine years ago, by the completion of the Petronas twin towers, in Kuala Lumpur, then the world's tallest buildings.
England then face a gruelling 12 months, including home series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, a one-day tournament in India, the Ashes tour then the World Cup.
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If all sport could be enjoyed with the same generosity and family friendly atmosphere which has generally accompanied these Games then the world might be a better place.
And to the diplomats and dignitaries from our friends and partners around the world, let me say to you that we are absolutely confident that in the new year we will have more opportunities to work together, and that if we stay focused on our task, then the world is going to be a better place for our children and our grandchildren.
We need to speak out and demand the flexibility we require and then show the world that we can out-produce anyone.
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The Japanese producers, who were then terrifying the world, are today mostly being folded into foreign groups.
The state of Wisconsin, according to the head of the Board of Regents in a talk this fall, currently contributes less than 10% to the budget of this school, a world-class institution, built by the taxpayers of Wisconsin over 150 years (and by generous alumni contributors lately), and purportedly for the citizens of this state first, and then of the world.
"Now he's the number one contender, then there's the possibility of defending the European title and then fighting for the world title, " he added.
The foreigners rushed in, keen to get a foothold in a country which was then among the world's growth leaders.
Competitors race from France and then around the world in the seas around the Antarctic.
Japan then showed the world you didn't need natural resources to become one of the richest countries in the world.
Harman then told the world the news, just slightly ahead of the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
And it's worth remembering every once in a while, a small business becomes a big business, and then changes the world.
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If you assume that other countries follow Europe in devaluing their own currencies, then the whole world would be after lower currencies.
Then the virtual world unfairly changed its rules, the suit says.
In the 1970s, the idea of a New World Information Order (NWICO) was launched to strengthen the media of what was then termed the Third World.
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Brown can't admit he's wrong because to him it shows weakness, and if he does that, in his mind, then the whole world will come tumbling down.
Since then, the World Press Freedom Day has been celebrated every year on 3 May, and the relevance of these ideas is underlined by democratic events during 2011.
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