Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tigers on the Rocks. Other princes, facing a future as bleak, were also busy adjusting themselves to the new order. Some have already retired to live off their riches in the luxury of European high life, where a prince is still a prince whether he rules or not. Some entered local politics to fight the Congress Party, which brought them low. Some have even joined the Congress Party; a few have become scholars and farmers. Many more are turning their estates and their palaces over to the tourist trade. As the tiger-hunting season approached last week, the Maharajas...
Actually, Birdseye did not invent quick-frozen foods. Eskimos had followed the practice for centuries; European scientists had developed the theory to a fine point. Said Birdseye: "My contribution was to take the Eskimos' knowledge and the scientists' theories and adapt them to quantity production." Brick-hard, brick-size frozen food packages became a staple in U.S. kitchens. Many of the housewives who used the product never knew that Birdseye (spelled Birds Eye on General Foods packages) was a man. But, they paid him the greater compliment of using frozen foods so enthusiastically that in 1955 the industry...
What's a Ghetto? In the past few years, as more and more Orientals flounder, flunk and repeat, some European parents have begun demanding separate schools for them. "The Oriental child." says
Psychologist Moshe Smilansky of the Szold Institute for Child and Youth Wel fare, "just can't compete. The cultural patterns of his home don't give him a chance. My son was in a mixed school for a time. The average IQ of the Europeans in his class was 125, but the average of the class was only 85." Meanwhile, other adults have suggested revising present courses. Says Sociologist Dinah Feitel-sohn: "Our reading primers are just silly for Oriental children. The pictures show typical European families. The stories are frequently about life in East European villages...
Moral codes were established in early 19th century European villages by an individual's traditional religion because of its comprehensiveness in three categories: as an explanation of the universe and man's place in it, a framework for communal action, and the exclusive source of the elements of aesthetic behavior...