Word: westernness
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...find, avoid the subject, as I'm sure it generates fear. But that's OK: at the end of the day, you (and only you) have to cope with this disease. A positive outlook and faith makes all the difference. It's a decision you make. Pieter Erasmus, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA...
...might not just be simple anti-Americanism at work in parts of Western Europe. "Any program has its peaks and troughs," says Heidi Macpherson, chair of the British Association for American Studies. The current trough in Britain, she argues, can be partially explained by confusion over what the degree entails, and the introduction of fees that have pushed students toward more vocational majors. Still, since 2000, the popularity of other disciplines such as Middle Eastern and Chinese studies has more than doubled in British universities, even as interest in the U.S. has faded. Says Tim Wright, president of the British...
Opel was one of the first Western firms to move east to Eisenach after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, and it pulled an army of suppliers and service companies in its wake. On Adam Opel Street, Lear Corporation makes seats for the Corsa, while parts makers Mitec AG and Robert Bosch are across town. Uwe Laubach, head of the local chapter of the IG Metall union, says as many as 900 temporary workers in the local auto industry have lost their jobs in recent weeks. "The situation is dramatic," says Michael Lison, head of the industry association Automotive...
...West may be hard for some to abandon. Indeed, it is always hard to see a god come crashing down, even a false one. I, however, would like to think that we have moved far enough beyond the age of imperialism to survive without an annual celebration of Western superiority...
...Born in Seattle in 1951 to Elizabeth and Walter C. Monegan Jr.; raised by his grandparents in Western Alaska in a town called Nyac...