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The first phase of the Second Avenue subway opened in 2017 after more than a century of planning.
The twentieth century had found us at last, even here.
From Literature
Their history traces back to the late 19th century, when Philadelphia was a bustling port city receiving shipments of goods from around the world, including sugar.
From Salon
Mr. Paine highlights technological breakthroughs as well, such as the feats of hydraulic engineering in China that created water routes through the country’s vast interior as early as the fifth century B.C.
Evolve, for example, opened a century ago as a bank for farming communities in eastern Arkansas.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
