Word: easterner
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...many contemporary writers can muster Ghosh's panoramic verve - even fewer can wield it with his deftness and poise. His research into 19th century nautical manifests led him to the lascars, a fascinating pan-Asian community of sailors employed aboard nearly all European craft in the Eastern hemisphere. Some of the book's most affecting passages involve their moonlit gatherings aboard the Ibis' deck, singing songs, swapping tales and forging a globalized identity long before such things were ever in vogue...
...whom I spoke with in Moscow this summer viewed Mr. Saakashvilli as a war criminal, American pundits and politicians painted the conflict as indicative of a resurgent, aggressive Russia bent on undermining democratic aspirations throughout the former Soviet space and spitting in the face of American influence in the eastern hemisphere...
...Sara Rhodin is a master’s degree candidate in Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia at the Gradute School of Arts and Sciences. She spent her summer interning for The New York Times bureau in Moscow...
...over how to counter the extremist threat, analysts have criticized government leaders for leaving Islamabad on Sunday. The President left for New York where he will attend the U.N. General Assembly, and will meet with President Bush on the sidelines. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, meanwhile, flew to the eastern city of Lahore. "Political forces need to join hands at this moment," says Talat Masood, a retired general turned analyst. "There should have been a day or two of meeting with the political parties and religious parties to try and develop a consensus [on the issue of combating terrorism...
...heart of Central Europe has made it a favored destination for several generations of migrants, from Hungary in 1956, Czechoslovakia in 1968 and, most recently, the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Against this modern reality stands Austria's relish of its historical role as a bulwark against eastern encroachments. The repulse of the Ottoman Empire's army from Vienna in 1683, when Muslim hordes were feared to be on the verge of overrunning Europe, is still widely commemorated. At the same time, Austrians are among the most euro-skeptic populations on the Continent. Just 28%, in a recent survey, said...