Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When I graduated from Harvard College, nearly 40 years ago, my classmates and I were required to develop a firm grounding in Western Civilization, as part of the General Education program. Since then, I have been indebted to Harvard for the sense of chronology, context, proportion and priority I gained from that experience...
...Harvard Class of 1955 was the first for which General Education was required. From 13 options, we chose one introductory course in each of three fields--the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. Collectively, the courses gave us a strong foundation in the study of Western Civilization...
...Western delegates generally hailed the CNN footage as much needed publicity for a long-overlooked custom that is common in Egypt and other parts of Africa, though it has no roots in the Koran. But the Egyptian press denounced the tape as a betrayal of Cairo's gracious hospitality and tried to discredit the piece by charging that CNN had "staged" the circumcision and paid the participants. Actually, CNN paid $300 to a free-lance producer to find and make arrangements with the Hamza family, who in turn paid $44 to one of her aunts for serving...
...announced it will work to end the U.N. arms embargo against the Bosnian Muslims unless the Bosnian Serbs accept a Western-sponsored peace plan by Oct. 15. However, the Serbs said they would defy the ultimatum, and U.S. allies, including Russia, Britain and France, oppose lifting the embargo...
...North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 16 member-nations within the week. Claes hasn't made the headlines in recent years, says TIME Brussels Bureau Chief Jay Branegan. But in the coming months his mettle will be seriously tested. "Bosnia poses a major threat to NATO unity," says Branegan. Western nations have threatened to arm Bosnian Muslims by October 15, after which the region could be the scene of an all-out war. But that crisis will be the beginning of his trial-by-fire. Next up are the Eastern Europeans who are clamoring to get into the Western alliance...