In the late eighteen hundreds, white Americans expanded their settlements in the western part of the country.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

It's also about: how banks operate; what their function is in our society; and, why they are such important institutions that have gone back for hundreds of years and remain powerful, central features in our economy.

也会讲到,银行如何运作,银行在社会上的功能,以及为什么几百年来,银行依然在经济生活中拥有,重要的作用

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In the early nineteen hundreds, a group of wealthy American businessmen agreed to join their railroads.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

But in the eighteen hundreds the United States government forced them to leave their homes.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

Shipping companies are known to pay hundreds of thousands - and sometimes millions - of dollars in ransom for the release of their crews and vessels.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

Security consultants say a foreigner gets kidnapped, on average,once every other month in the country, with ransom payments for their release reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

In recent weeks, hundreds of Muscovites have been strapping blue buckets to the roofs of their cars to mock the flashing blue lights that allow senior bureaucrats to drive into oncoming traffic and break the rules that everyone else has to obey.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19