Word: europeanize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...During the end of the nineteenth century, there was a great influx of Southern and Eastern European immigrants coming [to America]," Lively says. "The allure of Columbus was only partly based on the fact that he was Catholic; he was also the first successful Italian-American at a time when Italian immigrants were looking for successful Italian-American role models...
...This intercultural alternative to [Columbus Day] celebrates and honors the indigenous people whom Columbus and the [other] European explorers killed [and] honors their survival, values, and beliefs," he says...
...human being, he was a man of his time," Kilpatrick says. "Europeans were very caught up in the ideology of domination. I would say that Christopher Columbus and the European explorers are perpetrators of genocide, people who had an attitude of white supremacy and Christian supremacy and who had a mentality that it was alright to dominate and kill and take from people who were different...
Last weekend saw Boston College tie a typically dominant Seton Hall, fielding a strong squad with many European players...
...majority of students expressed a desire to return early. Other students indulged themselves in experiments entirely separate from the exercise at hand. The virtue of impatience came into play. Indeed, were it not for a few students' deliberate prodding and urging, we might still be in Concord looking for European Pigthorn. One might conclude that this anecdote reflects not impatience but rather efficiency. It may be seen, however, that the two go hand in hand...