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...elderly gentlemen in the audience, whose pro-union leanings led him to loud and frequent disagreement with the speaker, declared that these states are all "backward--economically, politically, culturally, institutionally, and intellectually...
...concepts, and avidly enters into a gripping world of often unbearably real people. Yet while Lewis--I'm not sure purposely--redefines anthropology as dramatic novel, at the same time he continues in perhaps the most important ideological mainstream of anthropological thought: giving a voice, and dignity, to the backward and poverty-stricken peoples of the non-white world. An incomplete summary of the history of the discipline will serve to place Lewis' work in perspective...
...also becoming a familiar ambassadorial position. It can be achieved by sitting down (expecting help), with knees up and back hard against the wall. One can't move backward so must shift from right or center to left. Also, N stands for Neutral or Negative...
India's leftists accuse Swatantra of be ing "feudal'' and "socially backward" because it is supported by a clutch of princes and princesses, most notable of whom is the beauteous Maharani of Jaipur, who is Swatantra Party boss in Rajasthan (TIME, Nov. 10). Ignored is the fact that there are more princes and zamindars (feudal landlords) in Congress than in the Swatantra. Despite the cry that Swatantra is the "millionaires' party," C.R. has been generally unsuccessful in attracting financial support from India's richest corporations. Right-wing businessmen instead contribute generously to Congress, for obvious...
...Richwick-priggish, prudish bachelor that he is-perseveres. He lets it be known that she is the mentally retarded daughter of a sister in Scotland and engages a nurse for her who has specialized in backward children. Richwick, who narrates the story, and Mrs. Burnley, the nanny, settle down to their labor of love: turning a vixen into a girl...