Word: western
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet economy remains a near shambles. The budget deficit -- caused in part by transfusions to anemic factories and by subsidies for food and housing -- is about 11% of the GNP, by some estimates. The ruble, arbitrarily said to be worth $1.60 but not freely convertible into dollars or other Western currencies, brings as little as 10 cents on the black market. But price controls have repressed the latent inflation, and people have more paper money -- about 300 billion rubles in savings -- than there are goods available for purchase...
...instance, the Princeton Review SAT prep course shows students how to circumvent the reading comprehension portion of the test. The SAT always includes one passage on non-Western culture. According to the Princeton Review, students should always pick the most positive sounding answer choice in this section because ETS will generally avoid associating minorites and other nationalities with any negative judgments. Don't understand it, just pick the positive-sounding answer. So much for reading comprehension...
...those of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and international private collections to offer a rare glimpse into 16th and 17th century views of the Ottoman Empire. At the time, the empire was centered in what is present-day Turkey and extended west to Vienna, including within its borders Western Iran, Iraq, Arabia, Egypt and Northern Africa; it was considered to be one of the most powerful and influential political forces during what was for Western Europe a time of cultural rebirth and enlightenment...
...willed; in "Suleyman I with a View of Sueymaniye Mosque," the regent stands to the side of an arch which looks over the elaborate Mosque established by Suleyman for his people. Above the arch the name of Allah is inscribed in a testament to the fact that even the Western artists understood the Ottoman ruler's Islamic faith and rejection of personal credit for the glory of Constantinople and the vast empire...
...series of watercolors that follows the European kings' portraits shows the influence Western Europe had on this Eurasian art. While a great many of the geometric patterns and bright colors which distinguish Islamic art are still present, it is evident through the number of scenes of daily life that the Ottoman world's contact with Europe had influenced its culture. Although many of the watercolors do accompany religious texts, they show scenes of bridal gowns, gardeners and poets as well as spiritual situations...