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Finally, there was need. The pioneering seafarers knew from trade and returning travelers that in many respects the cultures of Asia were superior to their own. Desperate for the wealth of the East, Europe had little to offer in exchange but the one true faith. Like the Crusaders, the explorers were inspired by curiosity and the desire to get rich. But they also wished, as the Spanish historian Bernal Diaz del Castillo put it, "to give light to those who were in darkness." Wherever European colonies were established, missionaries soon followed...
Part of the explanation is the dominant role in China's history played by the bureaucracy, which was intensely conservative, and by Confucian philosophy, which emphasized order, continuity and stability. Ricci noted that the Chinese word for their country, Thienhia, meant "everything under the heavens." Believing that China was superior to other nations, officials of the imperial court were leery of innovation and humiliated to learn that something had been done better elsewhere. Like its artists, historian J.M. Roberts notes, China's governing elite "strove to imitate and emulate the best, but the best was always past...
...Middlesex Superior Court dismissed the lawsuit of a former University official who says he lost his job because of racial discrimination...
...Marge doesn't work, you have two parents,three kids, and the two women are superior: Margeis superior morally, and Lisa is superiorintellectually," Mansfield said. "While the twoguys are just, well, average American males...
...superior script is paired with a talented cast. Each character--from the greedy ranch owner to the pathetic, crippled stable boy--rings true. This across-the-board excellence pays tribute to both the director and the actors. It seems that Sinise strove for historical accuracy to great success. Veteran actor Ray Walston as Candy, also a survivor of the Depression, contributes a moving performance, convincing the audience of the isolation of a ranch hand's life...