Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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West traced the roots of white supremacism in western civilization, and questioned whether race might be "the structural limit for American democracy, as patriarchy was to Athenian democracy...
...WOULD ASK CHIRAC, "EXACTLY FOR whom does France need a nuclear deterrent?" Surely, the problems of rampant terrorism and growing public distaste for your political hubris cannot be affected by such tactics. The world does not need a Western Vladimir Zhirinovsky. MICHAEL ZUCKER Tel Aviv Via E-mail...
...protests for raising nuclear fears, China has kept on performing underground A-bomb tests, and does not get even one-tenth the media attention the French experiments do. Why are the Greenpeace activists always ready to move forward and promote all kinds of demonstrations when the event involves a Western corporation or government, particularly the French? And why do they keep a low profile or even a significative silence when similar actions are performed by a socialist nation like China? Come on, guys, if you really mean no nukes, then make it no nukes at all, not just no French...
After a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen and Secretary of State Warren Christopher, American officials announced that Beijing's plans to sell two nuclear reactors to Iran had been terminated. Not so, said Qian. The sale had been suspended only because of problems with the original site. Western diplomats, looking for signs of a thaw in Sino-American relations, think Qian's denial may be merely an attempt to save face back home...
...starters, amidst all of the initial frenzy of O.J. news, the Knicks and Rockets managed to finish their best-of-seven series, and Hakeem Olawjowon led the Western Conference Champions to a 4-3 victory and the 1994 NBA crown...