Word: europeanize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...such a distinguished scientist signals a dramatic change: the brain drain that has enriched the West with tens of thousands of Asia's best and brightest minds has begun to flow in the opposite direction. The Yuan T. Lees of tomorrow still flock to elite North American and European universities for advanced degrees, but more and more they are seeking employment in Asia, where opportunities to pursue careers in research are expanding almost as fast as sales of designer clothes and cellular phones...
...would Tom Cruise be playing Lestat, a gaunt, suave European vampire with a taste for young men? Because a big movie star can do whatever he wants. And why would Neil Jordan be directing Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles? Because his signature films, Mona Lisa and The Crying Game, are gay fables with mass appeal. Once again he has a sympathetic fellow (here it's Brad Pitt as Louis, a New Orleans landowner in the 18th century) falling in with a charismatic homosexual (Cruise's Lestat). Louis tells his story to a young interviewer (Christian Slater...
Embarrassed by its attempts at propping up tyrants around the world, the CIA is trying a new tactic: helping the beleaguered Muslim-led Bosnian government fight off the ethnic cleansing by the Serbs -- so says a report in the European, a London-based weekly newspaper. Citing European military sources, the paper said CIA personnel are assisting the Bosnian army with tactical training, satellite intelligence and air traffic control. The Pentagon denied the report...
...open door" come what may at home. On Tuesday's agenda: U.S. officials expect endorsement of a statement calling for "open and free trade" throughout the region by the year 2020. BTW: U.S. trade with Asia, home to the world's fastest growing economies, is triple that with European countries.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...
...UCLA will issue a parallel guide to teaching world history. Disagreements over how to treat Western European civilization in relation to other cultures are said to have been particularly intense. In short, the conflict over National Standards may be only the first round in a long, bitter intellectual skirmish...