TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE WEST»
The term «the west» is very widely used and occupies the
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10 QUOTES WITH «THE WEST»
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the west.
Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about it which surprised me.
I am attached to the west coast of Scotland - it's gorgeous to look at and challenging. You have to contend with the possibility of being blown away or rained on. And in the summer months you can be eaten alive by midges.
I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the west to allow those years of war.
As African economies boom and businesses are created, one of the big questions this growth raises is that of third-level education: how can Africa develop a knowledge infrastructure to rival that of the west, a sort of Harvard University in Africa?
You can take any one of our stories that we use right now, put western clothes on us, stick us out in the west and they'll work just as well - any single one of them - because they're stories about people, they're stories about things.
Whenever I dream of playing a perfect round of golf, which I rarely do more than a dozen times a day, I picture myself on one of my favorite British Open-style links, and in particular the great courses of the west of Ireland, whose holes flow through naturally bunkered dunesland never far from the sight or sound of surf.
February 19, 1942, is the year in which Executive Order 9066 was signed, and this was the order that called for the exclusion and internment of all Japanese Americans living on the west coast during World War II.
Thankfully I'm not endlessly ambitious, but I have done some crazy ambitious things like buying an island off the west coast of Scotland in the late Sixties.
The hard wind we get around here on the eastern slopes of the Rockies is called a Chinook. It's a katabatic wind and comes from mountains to the west of us and the mountains to the south.
In my home state of Delaware, we've done our homework and worked hard and, as a result, we've made great strides in cleaning up our own air pollution. Unfortunately, a number of the upwind states to the west of us have not made the same commitment to reducing harmful pollution by investing in cleaner air.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE WEST»
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the west in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the west and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Decline of
the West
Spengler's work describes how we have entered into a centuries-long "world-historical" phase comparable to late antiquity, and his controversial ideas spark debate over the meaning of historiography.
Oswald Spengler, Helmut Werner, Charles Francis Atkinson, 1991
The events, triumphs, and tragedies of the opening of the American West are seen through the eyes of members of two different families--one white and one Lakota.
3
Why
the West Rules--for Now:
The Patterns of History, and ...
The book brings together the latest findings across disciplines—from ancient history to neuroscience—not only to explain why the West came to rule the world but also to predict what the future will bring in the next hundred years.
4
The Rise of
the West: A History of
the Human Community
"This is not only the most learned and the most intelligent, it is also the most stimulating and fascinating book that has ever set out to recount and explain the whole history of mankind. . . . To read it is a great experience.
5
Civilization: The West and the Rest
The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, was that the West developed six "killer applications" that the Rest lacked: competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic.
6
The Journey to
the West, Revised Edition
All the officials present, however, congratulated the emperor and made
arrangements immediately to promulgate the royal essay on Holy Religion inside
and outside the capital. Taizong said, “We would like to ask the royal brother to
recite the ...
A provocative, wide-ranging study which challenges our assumptions about Eastern 'backwardness'.
Essays discuss the interaction of Europe and its Islamic neighbors, the difficulties of translating classic Arabic, Arab fundamentalism, and life in the Islamic world today
9
Africa and
the West: From
the slave trade to conquest, 1441-1905
Volume 2 picks up on the theme of conquest and covers the implementation of colonial rule, education, labor, nationalist movements, the world wars, decolonization, and independence.
William H. Worger, Nancy L. Clark, Edward A. Alpers, 2010
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Africa and
the West: From colonialism to independence, 1875 ...
This is a new edition of volume two of Africa and the West: A Documentary History from the Slave Trade to Independence.
William H. Worger, Nancy L. Clark, Edward A. Alpers, 2010
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE WEST»
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the west is used in the context of the following news items.
Western Conference Finals Preview: Warriors vs. Rockets
The Western Conference Finals begin Tuesday in Oakland. ... He pulled them up to the 2-seed in the West with his spectacular offensive attack and an improved ... «CBSSports.com, May 15»
Gyrocopter Lands on West Front of US Capitol, Pilot Arrested
The pilot of a small helicopter that landed on the West Front lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building was arrested today, nearly a year and a half after his plot to land an ... «ABC News, Apr 15»
West Coast ports to begin tackling backlog after labor deal
The West Coast ports handle nearly half of all U.S. maritime trade and more than ... The West Coast waterfront still faces a range of systemic problems cited by ... «Reuters, Feb 15»
Russia has just lost the economic war with the west
The west knows all about the vulnerability of Russia's economy, its creaking factories and its over-reliance on the energy sector. When the introduction of ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
The Cold War 'Mole' Who Smuggled 1000 East Germans To The West
Using a forged Swiss passport from a West Berlin student, Herschel successfully crossed the border to the West on Oct. 21, 1961, just two months after the Berlin ... «NPR, Nov 14»
Canada offers experimental Ebola vaccine VSV-EBOV to West Africa
A made-in-Canada experimental Ebola vaccine will be offered for use in the West African outbreak response, the Public Health Agency of Canada revealed ... «CBC.ca, Aug 14»
Missing Israeli teens found dead in West Bank
Tensions between Israel and Hamas ratcheted up Monday after the bodies of three Israeli teenagers, kidnapped this month, were found in the West Bank. Israel ... «CNN, Jun 14»
Thousands Without Water After Spill in West Virginia
“We don't know that the water is not safe, but I can't say it is safe,” said Jeff McIntyre, president of the West Virginia American Water Company, which supplies ... «New York Times, Jan 14»
