Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...showed considerable fortitude in spite of an ostensible inconsistency. Why should Iran prove the exception to the 'rule' that currently prevails in American foreign policy making? That rule, most evident in American dealings with China, essentially states that the way to topple an authoritarian regime is through its markets. Western-style democracies and respect for human rights grow out of thriving western style economies, runs this logic...
...WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest w L Pct. GB L10streak Home Away conf. Utah 47 17 .734 - 9-1 L125-7 22-10 25-15 San Antonio 43 18 .705 2.5 8-2W2 25-7 18-11 26-11 Houston 39 24 .619 7.5 5-5W4 21-10 18-14 20-17 Denver 30 33 .476 16.5 7-3W1 18-13 12-20 18-21 Dallas 24 36 .400 21 4-6 W 2 13-19 11-17 16-23 Minnesota 17 47 .266 30 3-7L3 10-21 7-26 10-29 Pacific...
...WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest W L Pct. GB L10Streak Home Away Conf. Utah 47 16 .746 -- 9-1 W925-7 22-9 25-15 San Antonio 42 18 .700 3.5 8-2W1 24-7 18-11 26-11 Houston 38 24 .613 8.5 5-5W3 20-10 18-14 19-17 Denver 29 33 .468 17.5 6-4L1 17-13 12-20 17-21 Dallas 24 36 .400 21.5 4-6W2 13-19 11-17 16-23 Minnesota 17 46 .270 30 4-6L2 10-21 7-25 10-28 Pacific W L Pct. GB L10Streak...
What begins looking like one more film fetishizing violence ends with a palpable, some will say trite, proclamation of self-importance. It is the realization that there is nothing Western culture can do to save the Maori from decadence and decay that they could not do better themselves. By first flinging bits of raw, unfiltered indictments of urban life at its audience, "Warriors" depresses the spirit in order to redeem it with a glimmer of hope in the end. While violence serves a dual purpose, to caress the fetish as well as to sicken the heart, it is the latter...
...WESTERN CONFERENCE Central W L T Pts GF GA Home Away Conf. Detroit 16 6 2 34 92 529-3-1 7-3-1 7-2-0 Chicago 14 9 2 30 90 625-3-1 9-6-1 3-5-1 St. Louis 14 8 1 29 87 65 9-4-1 5-4-0 5-5-0 Toronto 11 11 4 26 71 749-5-2 2-6-2 6-4-2 Dallas 10 12 4 24 79 695-6-2 5-6-2 3-6-1 Winnipeg...