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CENTURY   occurs   7 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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... century ago, almost discovered the answer to ...   12&12 p.178, Tradition Ten
The Washingtonian Society, a movement among alcoholics which started in Baltimore a century ago, almost discovered the answer to alcoholism.


2.
... century, American newspapers were afraid to print ...   BB p.51, We Agnostics   Go to page 51 in the Big Book
Even in the present century, American newspapers were afraid to print an account of the Wright brothers' first successful flight at Kitty Hawk.

3.
... century, and it characterizes the lives of ...   12&12 p.56, Step Five
It has been validated in every century, and it characterizes the lives of all spiritually centered and truly religious people.


4.
... century has been the explosion of translations ...   BB xxiii, Foreword to Fourth Edition   Display entire Foreword to Fourth Edition
Literature has played a major role in A.A.'s growth, and a striking phenomenon of the past quarter-century has been the explosion of translations of our basic literature into many languages and dialects.


5.
... century; politicians and reformers who are sure ...   BB p.61, How It Works   Go to page 61 in the Big Book
He is like the retired business man who lolls in the Florida sunshine in the winter complaining of the sad state of the nation; the minister who sighs over the sins of the twentieth century; politicians and reformers who are sure all would be Utopia if the rest of the world would only behave; the outlaw safe cracker who thinks society has wronged him; and the alcoholic who has lost all and is locked up.


6.
... century readily accepts theories of all kinds, ...   BB p.48, We Agnostics   Go to page 48 in the Big Book
Nevertheless, the twentieth century readily accepts theories of all kinds, provided they are firmly grounded in fact.


7.
... century than in all the millenniums which ...   BB p.51, We Agnostics   Go to page 51 in the Big Book
This world of ours has made more material progress in the last century than in all the millenniums which went before.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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