Word: europeanize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...complexities of current Taiwan-China relations. The Taiwanese people emigrated to Taiwan from southern China about 400 years ago, but the island they settled was only claimed by the Chinese empire for eight of those years. In the past half millenium, Taiwan has been periodically governed by several European powers and eventually by the Japanese in the 50 years prior to World War II. During these 400 years, the immigrants mixed with the indigenous peoples, essentially cut off from the mainland, and their ideas and culture diverged from those of imperial China...
...week of violent clashes between ethnic Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo has galvanized the U.S. and the European Union to move swiftly to head off a new round of ethnic warfare in the former Yugoslavia. ?The EU knows from experience in the region that if you let these things go too far, they can spin violently and dangerously out of control,? says TIME?s London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand. The ?Contact Group? on former Yugoslavia -- the major EU governments, the U.S. and Russia -- meets in London Monday, and Hillenbrand says it is likely they will adopt a carrot-and-stick...
...Salts' star appetizers, Butternut Pierogi with Wild Hare and Herb Ragout, reinterprets Eastern European combinations with contemporary flamboyance ($9.00). Each dumpling is filled with pureed spiced butternut, then boiled and pan-fried. The dish is topped by a light, winey stew of shredded hare and onion. The appetizer special--port-glazed salmon ($8.00)--arrives char-grilled on a bed of lightly dressed greens, marinated slices of crunchy fennel, and a generous serving of sauteed oyster mushrooms. The pierogi is rich and creamy, the salmon light and crisp. Once again hearkening back to Eastern Europe are the healthy appetizer portion sizes...
...seems irresistable. A filet of fresh salmon, seared and encrusted with fresh ground pepper, is served floating in a delicate vegetable broth brimming with bite-size chunks of carrot, celery, fennel (a popular ingredient at Salts) and tender potato balls. The combination is neither nouveu Americain nor specifically Eastern European but rather a unique invention...
...Lord Williams of Mostyn said in announcing the queen's decision to the House of Lords. To hear those words spoken in the mustiest hall of the British establishment would have given their lordships seizures a while back. But now her majesty is the very model of a modern European monarch -- she pays taxes, invites tourists into her home and dishes out knighthoods to rock stars. Her great-grandfather Edward VII, who would have lost the throne to his sister under the new rule, must be doing cartwheels in his grave...