Word: easternism
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Some call it "The Monster." One of the worst blazes recorded in the American West, the fire in eastern Arizona has consumed nearly half a million acres. All but 5,000 of 30,000 residents forced to flee the inferno were allowed to return after firefighters secured the area around the commercial hub of Show Low. But for more than 400 households, home was a charred ruin. The fire continued licking westward, devouring a canyon below the town of Forest Lakes...
...control panel, but Haji paid them no heed. He has been sailing these waters since his youth; subtle changes in the shape of the coast and the position of the stars are all he needs to know exactly where he is. Just before dawn the Marco Polo reached the eastern coast of Selayar and dropped anchor...
...Focus Wickes, the retailer worth $1.5-$1.8 billion, canceled their IPOS as London's FTSE 100 hit its lowest levels since 1997. Buy The Chinese Skies China will lift rules restricting foreigners from owning more than 35% of an airline, although Chinese partners must still hold a majority. China Eastern is already 35% foreign-owned. INDICATORS Designer-Label Food The E.U. Parliament passed requirements to label foods with over .5% genetically modified content. The bill, which requires member-state approval, was denounced by the U.S., where Europe's GM rules already block $300 million in annual exports. Over 1 Billion...
...like to be seated next to on an airplane. If someone is unkempt and nervous or if they look like they belong on a bus instead of a plane, if they wear a baseball cap backwards and, without question, if they look to be foreign or of Middle Eastern descent." And African Americans? No, he says, that would be discrimination...
...mean they haven't caught anything. Malone has already taken advantage of the depressed market, pouring in much-needed funds to gain effective control over United GlobalCom, the leading international broadband provider, which has nearly 10 million cable subscribers scattered across the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. And although he has been stiff-armed so far, Malone watchers believe he may end up combining Telewest (whose bonds he is trying to buy up) with NTL to form one British cable provider, with 4.7 million subscribers, that could compete with Rupert Murdoch's popular British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB...