Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only his envoy to thank, but also the fact that events on the battlefield and at the negotiating table seem, for once, to be working hand in hand. Though Holbrooke has served to push things along, the crucial breakthrough came only after the Serbs finally provoked the Western allies on Aug. 28 by firing a shell into a Sarajevo market, killing 38 civilians and triggering NATO's air strikes. While the bombardment kept the Serbs preoccupied, the Croat-Muslim juggernaut was free to surge ahead, and by last Wednesday it stood within 30 miles of the Serb stronghold of Banja...
...WESTERN MEDIA HAVE BEEN MORE interested in Beijing's human rights policy than in the substance of the conference on women's global issues [WOMEN'S RIGHTS, Sept. 18]. The rights of women are a part of all human rights. However, the emphasis should be on the issues facing women in general rather than on the situation in China. GANG XU Athens, Ohio...
...Most of us are excited to try out the new things we learned and to see how we do against east coast teams now after facing the western water polo powers," Chen said...
...years, Texans at Harvard have had to cope with roommates who have never heard of Vince Gill or Trisha Yearwood, poor reception of country-western radio stations and a severe shortage of occasions for two-stepping...
...Last spring, we held [a country-western dance] and a lot of people showed up," he added. "Everybody's welcome whether or not they've done it before...