Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...between Hong Kong's promised autonomy and the new landlord's demand for control. For a time, Tung seemed to manage the delicate balancing act. He paid fealty to the "Chinese values" revered by his patrons even as he voiced confidence he could maintain Hong Kong's Western-style ways...
...moderate? A moderate President, no less? In Iran? Western officials, trying to cope with Iran's sponsorship of terrorism, opposition to the Middle East peace process and development of nuclear weapons, are understandably wary of the thought. Yet, for once, Iranians had been offered a real choice, not a stage-managed election rigged for a handpicked President. No politician symbolized the hold of the incumbent clerics more than Nateq-Noori. His supporters provoked widespread anger by physically breaking up a Khatami speech, getting police to cancel a major rally and using a technicality to close down Khatami's election headquarters...
Like his opponent, Khatami attended the seminary in Qum. Yet he also studied Western philosophy. He wrote some speeches for Khomeini but is otherwise the first President who lacks revolutionary credentials. His own campaign speeches promised more freedom and tolerance. "Our country has a long way to go," he said in his last speech. "The government doesn't give people the opportunity to grow...
...turning point came in a meeting last Wednesday night. Flinn's lawyer, Frank Spinner, was in his room at the Best Western Safari Inn in Minot, N.D., when the call came from Washington: no way was Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall about to let Flinn resign with an honorable discharge. So several hours after dinner, Spinner sat down with Kelly and her family to look at her choices. He knew what Kelly would say: she would want to fight. She thought she had been abused, not just by the con man she claims lied to her but also...
...Andrew Weil offers what the brilliance of Western medicine seems to have forgotten--the magic of healing." RICHARD L. GAY Grayling, Mich...