Word: easternism
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...This is not about Gaza-this is the opening of a major debate about Israel's soul." ASHER SUSSER, director of the Tel Aviv-based Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, responding to the vote in Israel's parliament to remove Jewish settlements from Gaza and the West Bank...
...first issue of the Far Eastern Economic Review, dated Oct. 16, 1946-14 months after the Japanese surrendered Hong Kong-ran a report saying the colony's Kai Tak airport would have to be replaced by a facility on a bigger, safer site. Kai Tak, in fact, grew and prospered and lasted another 51 years. The Review lasted even longer, reporting on business and political issues from every country in the region. But last week owner Dow Jones & Co. announced that following six unprofitable years, the Review would be turned into a monthly periodical of opinion pieces...
...greatest technological advance in her lifetime, and she'll tell you it's the automobile. A lot of other people might have chosen television, the Internet or even the cell phone. But Van Andel-Schipper has a longer perspective than most. Born in the village of Smilde in the eastern part of the Netherlands in 1890, she is, at 114, the oldest person in the world - so she's seen her share of technological marvels. Though she's watched how cars have changed the world, she never learned to drive herself, instead remaining loyal to her bicycle - which helped...
...Harvard victory over the Camels would earn it a berth in the Eastern Championships and the possibility of qualifying for the NCAA tournament...
...predictable formula, but director Ondrej Trojan and writer Kveta Legatova weave such a captivating and convincing story that it doesn’t matter. If anything, the unsurprising plotline serves to create a sense of comfort as the film delves deeper into the intricacies of life in a small Eastern European village during World War II; everyone knows everyone else and, if it weren’t for the very occasional appearance of Nazi soldiers—often accompanied by violence—it would feel as though the picturesque village of Zelary were entirely untouched by the 20th century...