Word: europeanate
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...Tocqueville had been born a black woman, what would she have said about America? Social studies concentrators will never know. Those who have taken the concentration’s much-feared introductory social theory course, Social Studies 10, know that the syllabus is comprised almost exclusively of white, European, heterosexual male theorists. The strikingly homogenous syllabus speaks to the existence of a social studies ideology that we—all Harvard students—should not accept...
China says the lifting of the embargo is more symbolic than anything else - it would signal a European acceptance of the country's status as an equal player on the world stage. The weapons ban has certainly not prevented China from becoming a military power - its annual defense budget officially stands at $70 billion, although the Pentagon believes the real figure to be twice as high. Rather, Beijing sees the embargo as outdated and insulting, considering the other nations currently subject to an E.U. arms ban are all pariah states - Congo, North Korea, Iran, Burma, Somalia, Sudan and Zimbabwe...
...haphazardly imitated everything from West African rhythms to Middle-Eastern pop, “Odd Blood” is decidedly paired-down, although not without foreign influences. The abundance of pop hooks on this album suggests that Yeasayer spent most of their recent downtime in a trashy European discothèque, and loved absolutely every moment...
...remembered, I also believe, as one of the most effective Commerce Secretaries in our nation's history. He was an aggressive advocate for HDTV and other communications technologies 20 years before they became popular. And he was a tough negotiator on trade deals with South Korea, India and the European community...
...Beijing's determination to keep its growth rate high and its military up to date limits its ability to alienate other world powers. A boycott, say, of U.S. weapons suppliers over Taiwan (as Beijing has threatened) would simply mean China buying more from European competitors. As satisfying to Chinese jingoists as talk of future military action against Taiwan may be, the flow of Taiwan investment into China is crucial to the mainland's economic health. As, of course, is trade between China and the U.S., which also have a body of water between them and economies growing ever closer...