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...buildings, its high-minded schemes to improve the natives and its harsh authoritarianism was a form of mimicry, too. To be civilized you had to have an empire. The British had one and the Dutch and the French, so why not the Japanese? That Americans and Europeans began to resent Japanese empire-building and tried to find ways to curb Japanese ambitions was seen by many Japanese, not entirely without reason, as a form of racial discrimination. Japan wanted more than anything to be taken seriously and treated as equal by the other imperial nations. When Western powers refused...
When randomization began in 1995, students feared the worst: not only did they resent being stripped of the ability to choose a House with which they identified, but they also genuinely feared a loss of precious House community. The extent to which these fears have been assuaged is due largely to the leadership of existing Masters and the College’s ability to replenish departing ones with Faculty members who are willing to invest their time and effort to creating a vibrant House life...
...living wage campaign has taken offense recently to those who agree with its cause but still resent its attitude. I count myself as one of those people, and, after spending a fair amount of time trying to figure out what it was that irked me so much, I think I’ve finally put my finger on the reason...
...actually sitting in— don’t know some of the most basic facts about the cause they’re fighting for. Nonetheless, they push forward with increasing noise, fervor and aggressiveness. I believe it is this over-ambition based on somewhat shaky motivation that people resent...
...dining, drinking and dating together. "We understand each other," says Nicole Terio, one of the group. "It comes from knowing what it means to grow up between two cultures." But the luk kreung's close-knit community and Western-stoked confidence sometimes elicits grumbles from other Thais, who also resent their stranglehold on the entertainment industry. The ultimate blow came a few years back when Thailand sent a blue-eyed woman to the Miss World competition. Sirinya Winsiri, also known as Cynthia Carmen Burbridge, beat out another half-Thai, half-American for the coveted Miss Thailand spot. "Luk kreung have...