Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...York at Miami, 7 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE...
Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE...
Alternative medicine" is a broad term which encompasses all nontraditional therapies and treatments outside of the Western biomedical paradigm. Prominent examples include acupuncture, Chinese medicine, homeopathy, herbal medicine, Indian Ayurvedic medicine, tai chi and massage therapy...
...talk show is probably not Western civilization's finest achievement, but if there's any man who has made the most out of this senseless medium, it's Jerry. His program is consistently amusing, and he is unabashedly honest about its utter lack of social worth...
While Smiley's straightforward style may not be the best method of recounting the almost overwhelming challenges that Lidie faces (both physically and mentally), it keeps the book feeling genuine, and never once lets it digress into a cheap Western adventure-romance dime novel. The author relies a bit too heavily on powers of description, with enormous paragraphs dedicated to describing the finery (or lack thereof) around the heroine. But then again, such descriptions keep the authenticity of the book alive...