Word: westernizes
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...Zimbabwe THE POLITICS OF DISEASE With cholera deaths in Zimbabwe approaching 1,000 and the country's state-run media blaming the outbreak on Western biological warfare, Britain and the U.S. have urged the U.N. Security Council to condemn President Robert Mugabe. South Africa, which has been mediating its neighbor's political stalemate but faces the threat of infection across its border, has resisted U.N. involvement, though it will give up its temporary seat on the council at the start...
...thousands people died, according to a Harvard study, because of the denial that HIV is transferred from mothers to their babies (and the refusal to provide appropriate drugs). Still, President Mbeki’s supporters maintained that he was defending the country from the prejudiced ideas inherent in Western science...
Alternative (or "complementary") currencies range from quaint to robust, simple to high tech. There are Greens from the Lettuce Patch Bank at the Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in rural northeastern Missouri. In western Massachusetts one finds fine-artist-designed BerkShares, which are convertible to U.S. dollars. More than $2 million in BerkShares have been issued through the 12 branches of five local banks, according to Susan Witt, executive director of the E.F. Schumacher Society, the nonprofit behind the currency. And in South Africa, proprietary software keeps track of Community Exchange System (CES) Talents; one ambitious plan is to make Khayelitsha...
...crowd was great [Saturday],” Lavoie said. “They really got us pumped up and excited.” Harvard was especially thirsty for a win this weekend, coming off of a split in last weekend’s doubleheader. After defeating Western Ontario 7-2, the team lost to Ancient Eight rival Cornell 6-3. “We were really fired up going into the match,” Lavoie said. “We knew it was going to be close, and coming off the Cornell loss, we really wanted a victory...
...playing each week makes the cost per hour infinitesimally small. Recently, “microtransaction” online games, which are free to play but charge players small amounts for in-game items and upgrades, like the Korean games Cabal Online or MapleStory, have been making inroads into western markets, and are relatively recession-friendly in that players can choose exactly how much to spend...