Word: westernizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Whereas Popular--in which a gorgeous, blond teen goddess and a gorgeous (but brunet) rebel become stepsisters-to-be--appears to have Western Union on speed dial. The original pilot (which is being expanded to two hours) takes on body image, eating disorders and virginity, just for starters. Co-creators Ryan Murphy and Gina Matthews talk excitedly about future theme issues: cheating, fame, the social pecking order (Bibb's cheerleader is named Brooke McQueen--get it?). They aim to make, as Murphy calls it, "a Zeitgeist show" that nails the teen experience du jour with rapid-response precision; they repeat...
Major, who still serves as Conservative Member of Parliament, delivered the annual Gordon Lecture on Finance and Economics, peppering his address with criticism of Western regimes' handling of crises in Bosnia, Kosovo and East Timor...
Major said he concluded that Western triumphalism in the face of the collapse of communism failed to address long-term issues that eventually arose...
Although Major's strongest words of the evening were reserved for the Western response to the Balkan quagmire, he also voiced skepticism about the future of a unified Europe...
...NATO had envisaged the corps as a National Guard equivalent to respond to civilian emergencies, but the KLA viewed it as the nucleus of a national army for the independent Kosovo to which they remain committed. Although NATO has restricted the Kosovo Corps to only 200 weapons, and the Western peacekeeping force has certified that the KLA handed over all weapons required by previous agreements, observers believe the transition is unlikely to stop violence in the province. Many of the weapons handed over were old and not particularly useful, and it has been anticipated that KLA hard-liners ? some...