Word: westing
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...time, Koc's son told the Gazette, "Lately, Turkey has been not quite understood by the West--there is often a question in Westerners' minds about which direction Turkey will eventually take. We think it is important that Harvard--as a center of excellence--lead the way with research and teaching about the realities of Turkey today...
Noguera stayed at Brown to receive his master's degree in sociology, in addition to a teaching credential, before heading to the West Coast to work on his PhD. After earning a doctorate in sociology from Berkeley in 1989, Noguera initially chose to teach there because of the school's relatively high level of diversity, he told the San Francisco Chronicle in November...
...communist Russia's decline and NATO's bombing campaign over Kosovo earlier this year have cemented a fiercely anti-Western orientation in Russian politics today, notes TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "Hostility toward the U.S. and its allies is so high right now," he says, "that the more the West protests against actions in Chechnya, the more Russia presses forward its offensive." Moscow may now have McDonald's and Pizza Hut and a choice of colas, but some things don't change...
...West's big guns are firing off warning shots: President Clinton says Russia will have to pay a price if it carries out its threat to annihilate the population of Grozny, and Britain's Tony Blair warns Moscow that "we're watching you." But those warnings - and even the IMF's decision to withhold its latest aid installment because of Russia's campaign - appear to have had little impact on Moscow. Despite Monday's ultimatum by the Russian military that civilians should leave Grozny by Saturday or else "be destroyed," Russian forces continued their heavy shelling of the city Tuesday...
...more the West cries foul, the harder the Russians will push," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "And with a rise in oil prices having boosted the Russian budget, even the IMF threat is unlikely to have much effect on Russia's plans." Western leaders are warning that not only will destroying the city and every living thing in it diminish Russia's international standing, but the march on Grozny may have created its own momentum. "Russian sources admit there's no military rationale for pressing ahead with an all-out assault on Grozny," says Meier. "From a strategic point...