Word: western
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same don't-make-a-big-thing-of-it, be-subtle manner is present in Shanghai, one of three Chinese cities directly under the national government's jurisdiction. There, a lobby notice in the Hilton hotel duly conforms to official policy: WESTERN NEWSPAPERS ARE UNAVAILABLE. But upstairs, there they are. The hotel's televisions air the supposedly banned daily news shows of ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN -- all broadcasting press conferences by Chinese dissidents who have escaped Beijing's dragnet...
...WESTERN WORLD (PBS, debuting Oct. 2, 9 p.m. on most stations). British historian Michael Wood is host for this coffee-table survey of the great works, with a stress on their cultural and historical context...
Survey courses like History 1a and its spring counterpart History 1b, were once a staple of college curriculums but fell out of favor in the late 1960s. In recent years however, many educators have criticized American college for failing to ensure that students learn the basics of Western civilization...
However, such courses have also drawn angry protests from students at several colleges who contend that the courses ignore the viewpoints of minorities and women. Stanford University last year revamped its required "Western Culture" course in the face of overwhelming student opposition...
When asked whether a course devoted exclusivelyto Western civilization might be too ethnocentric,Ozment noted that the course includes somelectures on other civilizations. In addition, hesaid that the West has "grown and developed eitherby other cultures invading it or by it beinginvaded by other cultures...