Word: eastern
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This raises a major problem with writing about Eastern, particularly Indian thought in the Western world: how to resist the threat of being branded "New Age." India in particular has gone from being a societal punchline (insert Slurpee joke here) to the spiritually uplifting culture du jour: department stores are peddling the ritualistic body paint known as henna, Madonna's got everyone chanting shantih to a disco beat. In a culture based largely on rather mundane Christian morality and imagery, people made of thoughts, eagles born from copulating trees and spontaneously appearing mountains all have the opportunity to be exploited...
...agreement is the absolute minimum that was necessary," said Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn, who is also an affiliate of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies...
...subsidy points up one of the hidden consequences of all corporate welfare--it favors one group of businessmen over another. In this case, the government gives Western farmers an advantage over Eastern farmers, who pay for their own wells, pumps and lakes. Says Dave Sheppard Jr., a fourth-generation farmer who grows tomatoes, green peppers, iceberg lettuce and cucumbers on 1,200 acres in Cumberland County, N.J.: "We don't get any subsidies...
These anecdotes are indications that the apocalypse is upon us. Technology has always palpably changed human relationships, for better and for worse. We can imagine the closeness and joy an elderly Eastern European babushka must have felt in the early 20th century when she used a telephone for the first time, and heard the chirping words of her grandchild coming over the wire from the New World. We can lament the suburban neighborhoods that grew quiet when television held post-war children in the living room in the hours when they used to play Kick the Can. We can relax...
...Harvard field hockey team learned its postseason fate yesterday when the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) announced selections for its postseason tournament...