| 单词 | westerner |
| 例句 | Many westerners believed that the pioneering women who had moved west and endured significant hardship now deserved the right to participate in government through the vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z FAMILY: The girl’s parents are fairly typical Mid- westerners of the World War II generation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I looked outside over a field and tried to find the Socle Boshi, the kimono sleeve in the sky where Uncle Katsuhisa said westerners see the constellation Orion. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Looking, for all the world, like wide-eyed westerners. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It further rankled the westerners that the prejudices of the East overwhelmingly prevailed in the national press, which often seemed to operate on the assumption that anything west of the Rockies was China. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was eastern born and bred, but he had a westerner’s restlessness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Back behind the benches, trading japes and making mock of the proceedings, stood a clot of westerners. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Incheon was an important city port where many westerners arrived in Korea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “It looks like all the westerners are leaving Korea,” Jinjoo said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Under communism, few westerners would have had any sort of access and even reproductions were rare, so many of the works on show will be new to British eyes. Royal Academy to exhibit Hungary's art treasures 2010-05-14T23:49:00Z But it certainly doesn't fit in to the average westerner's idea of what constitutes African music. Ang?lique Kidjo asks: 'Who are they to tell me what's African?' 2010-04-29T22:15:00Z The Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee in Mighty Be Our Powers, for example, noted that when she talked to Congolese women about the issues that affected them most, the response might have surprised westerners. Tarantino: a familiar story of minorities chained 2013-01-07T19:00:02Z “Everyone is here — the well-to-do farmers, laborers, merchants, westerners, kids, politicians, immigrants, veterans, women, and African Americans. They are elated, dejected, confounded, argumentative, jovial, and intensely serious.” The controversy behind the painting that will hang at Trump’s inaugural luncheon 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z What few westerners know is the literature telling the Afghan side of the story – even though that literature has been central to the Afghan people's self-image as doughty slayers of interloping infidels. William Dalrymple: a life in writing 2013-01-19T10:00:01Z Like many liberal westerners, he is less aware of India's similarly poor record when dealing with its own minorities and dissenters. Siddhartha Deb welcomes a study of Burma's relations with its powerful neighbours 2011-08-19T21:55:02Z Many of his models' poses are ones that most westerners would find uncomfortable. Comfort zones 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z For the benefit of westerners stumped by Thai pronunciation, he often shortens his name to "Joe" – but his cinema makes no concession to foreign expectations. Apichatpong Weerasethakul: eclectic dreams 2010-05-24T21:01:00Z Little else seems more "otherworldly" to white people and westerners than the customs, traditions and imagery of the east, but comfortably and conveniently packaged into a wellness resort helmed by an adequately ethereal white woman. “Nine Perfect Strangers” and the orientalist displays of the western wellness industry 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z It must have something to do with the mentality of the war on terror, and our identification with the young westerners who died above victims of other foreign disasters. We have the cenotaph: we don't need more memorials 2010-07-12T07:00:00Z He is a "westerner not entirely at home in the west, an African on his way to a land full of strangers". The invention of Obama 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z A large number of literate westerners spend most of their waking hours at computers, and those computers are connected to the web. Is this the end for books? 2011-08-14T20:30:01Z This is an approach that might improve any number of boring and humourless movies made by westerners about India. Bollywood goes west in Kites, but now let's swap 2010-05-14T23:39:00Z There had been growing outrage the drug had only been made available to two Americans and Pajares – all westerners who had been repatriated to their home countries for treatment. World Health Organisation allows unlicensed Ebola drugs in west Africa 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z While the backdrop of the book is the exploitation of Africa by unscrupulous westerners, the development of Salvo as a thinking person and as an African is the real story. Michael Stanley's top 10 African crime novels 2010-06-30T14:27:00Z Today, it’s easy for westerners to get their hands on the most effective vaccine, Dukoral. Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Tourism crashed, especially from westerners, and with it the prices of the hotels. Back from the brink: new breath for tourism in Istanbul 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z A decade before, it was anime's radical visual frontier, led by Akira, that drew in westerners. Thermae Romae: is Japanese film feeling the heat? 2012-05-29T13:56:02Z "Yet that's not the impression of westerners, who think of the TV images." Aminatta Forna: a life in writing 2013-05-03T17:00:02Z The westerner who knows the difference between soba and ramen noodles is not necessarily an adventurous traveller, conversant in the cuisine of east Asia. In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z The film's fictional mortician has a factual inspiration: 27 westerners were in Nanjing when it fell to the Japanese, many exhibiting extreme bravery. The Flowers of War fails to bloom for Chinese film industry 2012-08-02T19:00:07Z If one of the other options was sex work, I could see that chatting to amorous westerners on the internet would be more appealing. The internet scammer who loved me (not) 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Shot mostly on the move, guerrilla-style, Monsters actually reminded me a little of The Hurt Locker in its depiction of westerners trying to survive in eerily unknown, potentially hostile territory. Week in geek's best films of 2010 2010-12-31T14:26:37Z Turning the tables on colonial anthropologists, she drew analogies between the cheap trinkets westerners amass and talismans and amulets traditionally used to protect against evil spirits. Artist of the week 205: Francis Upritchard 2012-08-30T11:37:22Z These then tend to be plastered in grids across the gallery walls to accumulate a cross-section view of a society and culture that's unfamiliar to many westerners. This week's new exhibitions 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z She was the first westerner, and the first female brass player, to join the orchestra. British artists flock to set up home in liberating Berlin 2011-03-16T23:30:01Z What did these carvings – owned by a westerner – mean now? Small things 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z He is warm, articulate and every bit the westerner. TV highlights 13/07/2011: The Culture Show 2011-07-12T20:59:01Z Even westerners who see the burka as a symbol of oppression can’t really know, just by looking, how the women who wear it—by choice or otherwise—feel about it. Review: Tina Fey Falls in Love With a War Zone in 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z But if I, as a westerner, want to visit them for a week, I can easily get it in the UK. Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z In looking at the Bhutto family's legacy, the producers hope westerners might better understand a country dominating headlines with tales of political strive and Muslim extremism. 2010-01-27T22:35:00Z To westerners, witchcraft has become almost flippant superstition, like avoiding a black cat. Michael Stanley's top 10 African crime novels 2010-06-30T14:27:00Z Many rural communities view Ebola with much the same terror and misunderstanding as westerners did when the Aids epidemic began and have sometimes attacked overstretched health officials struggling to contain the epidemic. Ebola outbreak sparks states of emergency in Liberia and Sierra Leone 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z In plain words: forced overconsumption of cultural trash is what most westerners grew up in. Wu Ming's top 10 utopias 2013-05-29T12:00:01Z Stapleton said that while younger artists are taking on issues such as women's rights, westerners should not expect them to outright condemn their rulers. Saudi artists escape from the desert to find outlet in Britain 2012-10-04T10:51:50Z Reagan’s 1987 visit to Berlin had been a diplomatic near-disaster, marked by rioting young westerners angry about the cruise missile deployment, and about US policy in central America. America’s forgotten war 2012-11-23T15:00:00Z There's been relatively little interest in the upswing in South African cinema, though, perhaps because it's the least exotic of the three to westerners. Only greater inclusivity will give South Africa full ownership of its cinema 2012-06-13T16:07:05Z In fact "butter eater" is a slur referring to westerners. Bouncy Noodles, Bright Greens, Quick Broth: A Perfect Bowl 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z The presence of such pouches usually affects westerners over 50, with the incidence increasing with age. Diverticulitis: the debilitating bowel disorder that’s weakening our guts 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Maher has joined the ranks of westerners who bemoan the imminent collapse of western culture, yet have absolutely nothing to contribute to said culture. Bill Maher, atheist fundamentalist: Why he gives nonbelievers a bad name 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z I explore this in my stories, not just from the point of view of those coming to the west for the first time, but also the westerner in Africa. EC Osondu's top 10 immigrants' tales 2011-01-26T15:26:49Z “Barbie Savior” is an Instagram account that satirises the messiah complex of affluent westerners who spend time travelling in the developing world. White Saviour Barbie's world of orphanage selfies and charity startups 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Admittedly these are the choices typical of decadent westerners in the era of late capitalism, but that thought doesn’t make the burden of choice any easier to bear. Why too much choice is stressing us out 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z That is, updating the colonial yarn of the westerner who is eventually accepted by an alien community and then asserts his inherent superiority by embodying the culture better than the locals. ‘So alien! So other!’: how western TV gets Japanese culture wrong 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z The route they eventually followed – up the Baleh River through a primary jungle unexplored by westerners since the 1920s – was merely "foolhardy". Redmond O'Hanlon: A life in books 2011-03-28T06:59:01Z For many westerners, Hitler remains history's ultimate evil. Why Bollywood's film about Hitler is profoundly misguided 2010-06-11T08:53:00Z For disgruntled westerners this is a sign of decline. Eurovision: why Americans can't afford to miss out on this cultural spectacular 2013-05-17T12:49:00Z In fact, “Asia” is used in Crazy Rich Asians in the same manner that many westerners employ “Africa”, lumping together 48 countries with distinct cultures, languages, and histories. Crazy Rich Asians is no racial triumph. It's a soulless salute to the 1% 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z I suppose this idea popped up in my head because of the image we westerners are often given. Ruud van Empel's strange creations 2013-03-20T12:17:00Z It is simple, just dress as a westerner and "flying while Muslim" will be much easier. Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The residents are mute in the film; the audience and the rest of the team in Skull Island need the westerner's help to parse what they mean with their gestures. "Godzilla vs. Kong": Monster movies evoke adventure but also "dangers" of tropics 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Watching Get Carter now is like reading accounts of the first westerners to cross the Gobi desert: did this world ever exist, and in such recent times? Get Carter: No 7 2010-10-17T10:49:00Z Whether the Chinese are like westerners or different from them is a key question of our time. No politics please, we're Oscar contenders 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z That's for a variety of factors all having to do with westerners having come to Hawaii and brought invasive species like cats and diseases, so it's a mess over there in Hawaii. “They don't realize how deeply racial bias permeates”: Central Park birder on where liberals fail 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Khadjia, a minor character beautifully played, puts a human face to a religious and cultural belief that plenty of westerners find baffling. Review: The Big Sick Treads the Minefield of Cross-Cultural Love, and of Just Being a Grown-up 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z In their hearts, westerners fear it's the east that really rules the roost. Gangster Squad reflects the west coast's fear of the east 2013-01-07T17:25:58Z Even National Geographic, the film’s distributor, isn’t absolved of its historical role promoting an exoticized portrait of “lost tribes” that westerners want to believe are ready for their closeup. Review: 'The Mission' shows the dangers of blind faith and the enduring stain of colonialism 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Eritrea is difficult, almost impossible for many westerners to get to. The 'African king' leading a revolution 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z “They made it easy for westerners and other Africans to fall in love with Sudan and the Sudanese,” Mr. Deckert said. He Ran Sudan’s Most Storied Hotel. Then He Had to Leave Everything Behind. 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The problem was that, once they had formed their territories, the westerners had to hold on to them with little but a series of strong forts up and down the coast. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z S.B.F. played down previous comments about the need to avoid unethical behavior even if it serves a greater good, lamenting “this dumb game we woke westerners play.” Investor Losses From FTX’s Implosion Are Growing 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Raised in a hamlet in upstate New York, they’re westerners by choice, not birth. As a young man, I traveled the High Sierra by mule. After 59 years, I tried it again 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z For some in the international community, WeChat’s appeal to westerners can feel troubling. The speakeasy economy of WeChat 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Later generations of westerners would demand further investments in water, energy, and highways, as well as support for powerful mining and timber companies. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Most westerners think it’s just good for a stir fry. The year’s big cookbook release is here. A Q&A with Seattle author J. Kenji López-Alt 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Many of the accounts were later found to be fake, with some of the users posing as westerners and others using likely fabricated profile photos. Facebook: Fake scientist used to spread anti-US propaganda 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The embassy shared another tweet with multiple articles from Reuters on the same day showing different athletes in different sports, claiming there was bias in its reporting of "white westerners." China slams media for 'ugly' photo of Olympic gold medalist Hou Zhihui 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z “I’m being recognized by westerners. ... I’m very pleased and happy. ... Thank you so much.” Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman were part of historic wins at 2021 SAG Awards 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z Eastern delegate Benjamin Watkins Leigh boldly avowed that slavery required white inequality, for with equal voting rights, westerners would impose ruinous taxes on eastern slaveholders to pay for extravagant internal improvements. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In response to this story, Sgamma defended the study, saying it was by a reputable professor and it shows the sacrifice that the president is asking of westerners. Republicans new favorite study trashes Biden's climate plans – but who's behind it? 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z When westerners began snuffing wildfires a century ago, this obligated some form of logging to replace disturbed natural processes, Tomback said. Colorado looks to logging to help re-balance forests 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z She settled in the leafy, relatively secure capital city, Islamabad, where most westerners in Pakistan – diplomats, journalists, aid workers – also lived. How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan's politics 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Last week the administration helped to secure the release of four hostages, including Malian politician Soumaila Cisse and three westerners, in exchange for the release of nearly 200 jailed jihadists. Extremist rebels attack UN peacekeepers in Mali; 1 killed 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The Union proved more successful in recruiting white westerners’ support, however, and organized military forces throughout the area to defend its claims. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Back then, it was really unusual to see a westerner wearing a mask. Damon Albarn in a facemask: Kevin Cummins' best photograph 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Tantra’s ancient legacy and openness to interpretation have seen it become a source of fascination to westerners throughout history. The art of tantra: is there more to it than marathon sex and massages? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z But when the company failed to export Toutiao overseas, marketing it to westerners as TopBuzz, it looked set to join a long list of Chinese web firms that failed to thrive outside the Great Firewall. TikTok fails to shake off authoritarian links to Chinese state 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Sisolak said millions of westerners visit Nevada every year so the partnership will be vital to the state’s immediate recovery and long-term economic comeback. Texas, Ohio among many states to take steps toward reopening 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z In South Carolina, westerners had to transact legal business in Charles Town, for its assembly refused to create local governments that might empower nonslaveholders. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The reopened account said: “When westerners publish their opinions, it’s called freedom of speech, no matter how false. When Chinese say something different from them, it’s called a disinformation campaign. Hilarious double standards.” France summons Chinese envoy after coronavirus 'slur' 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z There are relatively few foreigners in North Korea, and only around 200 westerners, according to one expert. N Korea quarantines foreigners amid virus fears 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z And yet westerners refer to all of them as “black”. How to fight racism using science 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Ms. Moore-Gilbert is just one of several westerners and dual nationals being held in Iranian prisons on charges that their families and officials say are unfounded. ‘Abandoned and Forgotten’: Jailed Academic Writes of Despair in Iran 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z We tend to regard China’s population of 1.4 billion as either an economic behemoth whose cheap means of production fuels the voracious consuming habits of westerners or an existential threat wielding future-tech authoritarianism. Review: The subjects of ‘Chinese Portrait’ demand your attention 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Her experience is common for any westerner visiting China. How China-US rivalry is dividing the internet 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z But even further back, westerners saw themselves as bootstrapping settlers whose hard work was frittered away for the benefit of eastern Canada. Wexit: Alberta's frustration fuels push for independence from Canada 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Earthquake Bird A love triangle between two westerners and a Japanese photographer in 1980s Tokyo pivots on a series of secrets. Movies opening in L.A. this week: 'The Irishman,' 'Terminator: Dark Fate' and more 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z She still notices differences between easterners and westerners. Thirty years after it fell, the Berlin Wall still divides Germans 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z “You westerners, you abandoned your Nato ally Turkey to support the terrorists. And now look what is happening.” ‘We Syrians are being used as political tools... yet again’ 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Racism is hardly unique to white westerners, she acknowledges. How Can We Curb the Spread of Scientific Racism? 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Everywhere I see rich westerners blaming planetary destruction on the birth rates of much poorer people, or on “the Chinese”. The big polluters’ masterstroke was to blame the climate crisis on you and me | George Monbiot 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z And what is it like to grow up across the border in Canada, viewing Gilead as westerners once viewed iron curtain countries – as a totalitarian threat, but also as a mysterious hidden realm? How to write a Booker contender – by Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and others 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z But he adds that westerners walking around in public with full sleeves won't cause an issue as long as they obey rules in the communal bath houses popular around the country. Why tattoos are linked to organised crime in Japan 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Almost three-quarters of easterners said differences in lifestyle between the former east and the west were “big” to “very big”, while only 43% of westerners thought so. Far-right AfD bids to encircle Berlin as resentment and division grow 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z A love triangle among two westerners and a photographer in Tokyo pivots on a series of secrets. Virtually every film coming out this fall 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z He said at the start of his journey he wanted to raise awareness of the country's biodiversity and uncover a side to China westerners rarely see, as well as highlighting environmental issues. Adventurer finishes world-first 4,000-mile trek 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z But the officials offered no analysis of how often westerners travel to Washington to meet with decision-makers, and at what cost. Top Trump officials tell Bureau of Land Management staff most of them must leave D.C. by end of next year 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Alek Sigley, who flew to Tokyo on Thursday to join his Japanese wife, had been one of very few westerners studying in the North Korean capital and went missing on June 25. Australian student 'very happy' in Tokyo after North Korea detention 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Foreigners, in particular westerners, may be directly targeted. William and Kate to visit Pakistan in autumn 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Dating back to Japan’s first contact with westerners, the handshake remains an alien form of greeting: unhygienic, weird, reserved for foreigners. Virgin territory: why the Japanese are turning their backs on sex | Roland Kelts 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z A convoy of armoured-vehicles, protected by armed men arrives with westerners inside. The women and children no-one wants 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Many people would balk at the idea of a westerner setting foot in North Korea, which is known internationally for its nuclear weapons, human rights record and its highly regimented, militaristic society. I'm the only Australian living in North Korea. Let me tell you about it | Alek Sigley 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Perhaps Ngũgĩ and some other African writers care little about westerners being able to read their works. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z In a deadly attack claimed by Islamic State in 2016, militants killed 22 people including 18 foreigners at an upmarket cafe in Dhaka popular with westerners. Bangladesh plane hijacker shot dead after emergency landing 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z This experience turned into a track on the album, Barbados, fitted around a haunting minor-key melody, the first to be notated by westerners from new world enslaved music. Rhiannon Giddens: ‘I see this album as part of a movement to reclaim black female history’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z But it also isn’t necessary for westerners to adopt the lifestyle of the global poor. ‘The devastation of human life is in view’: what a burning world tells us about climate change 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z No one suggests that the westerners involved are insincere. The Guardian view on Bangladesh: when charity goes wrong | Editorial 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Around that same time, a significant number of uneducated but daring Igbo men found infamy and fortune by swindling westerners of millions through advance fee fraud, known locally as 419 scams. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Yet, tribal as we human beings are, the deaths of westerners, many of them children, obviously shook the west the most, as far as this particular war goes. Putin is profiting from chaos in Ukraine – and the west is letting him | Natalia Antonova 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Oneness appeals to modern westerners, they argue, because it seems superficially less authoritarian and more abstract—and hence easier to reconcile with liberalism and science--than monotheistic theologies. Don't Make Me One with Everything 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Most marriages between easterners and westerners are between eastern women and western men. One Legacy of Merkel? Angry East German Men Fueling the Far Right 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z He calls this the “sushification” of the mealworm, since raw fish was until 20 years ago also seen by westerners as disgusting to eat. Would you eat insects to save the planet from global warming? | Jessica Brown 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Restoring protections will allow the grizzly population to grow unchecked, "endangering the lives and livelihoods of westerners who settled the region long ago," said Cody Wisniewski, representing the Wyoming Farm Bureau. Protections restored for grizzly bears; hunts blocked 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Witnesses said the westerner told the Somali soldiers to search the house. US-led raid of Somali ex-president's home blamed on bad intelligence 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The pair are accused of being members of a group that killed westerners of several nationalities, not just Britons. So-called 'IS Beatles' dispute extradition 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z For a much larger group of westerners, these fires inflict a lesser but chronic cost. Smoked in: as wildfires rage across America's west, we're inside with the windows shut 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z But on the whole the only times I really saw it were on the rare occasions I mixed with westerners. Here in Colombia, the hypocrisy of western cocaine users is laid bare | Iman Amrani 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z But as stories of Chinese activists show, Xi's hold on Chinese society is not as total as most westerners assume. With anti-China protectionism, the left is aiding Trump’s xenophobic agenda 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z “Hong Kong is a more accessible city for westerners.” Hong Kong builds a science-based future 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z It's a majority buddhist country that practiced buddhism long before any American or other westerner became infatuated with the religion. They Documented a Massacre. Their Prize Is a Prison Cell in Myanmar. 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z But westerners still felt its moral promise with an intensity peculiar to themselves – more so than ever, in fact, after the creation of the welfare state and decades of unprecedented postwar growth. The demise of the nation state 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z There’s a wilful disconnect that people seem to be able to make between their actions and the bigger picture, and it’s pretty inexcusable coming from well-off, well-educated westerners who can’t really claim ignorance. Here in Colombia, the hypocrisy of western cocaine users is laid bare | Iman Amrani 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z “They refused at first, but she was adamant, and even dyed her blonde hair black so as to appear less conspicuous as a westerner,” a YPJ source told the Guardian. British woman killed fighting Turkish forces in Afrin 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The rightwing journalist Douglas Murray, among many elegists of English manhood, deplores “emasculated Italians, Europeans and westerners in general” and esteems Trump for “reminding the west of what is great about ourselves”. The crisis in modern masculinity 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z “People of color were often pictured as living as if their ancestors might have lived several hundreds of years ago and that’s in contrast to westerners who are always fully clothed and often carrying technology.” National Geographic acknowledges past racist coverage 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Not defending the regime, but most people you call westerners in Iranian jails are really Iranians with dual citizenship and they all entered Iran by Iranian passport. Iran Finally Let Her See Her Husband. He Was Dead. 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “Well, I am somehow perturbed to see that this case is being supported by the westerners,” Kangata said. Rights group challenges Kenya’s anti-gay laws in court 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Just as westerners get angry about people in Asia eating dogs and cats, many Indians get outraged by westerners eating cows. Offended by Koreans eating dog? I trust you’ve never had a bacon butty | Chas Newkey-Burden 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Particularly when you consider how many westerners sport terrible Chinese-character tattoos. What counts as satire in the Trump era? Not pointless Photoshop parodies | Arwa Mahdawi 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z By contrast, she lamented, westerners had learned “to overrule our natural response and follow the going fashion dictated by babycare ‘experts’.” The diabolical genius of the baby advice industry 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z “Brigades of westerners are now on their way to rob and kill us,” wrote one operative posing as a Russian-speaking Ukrainian. Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z All of this has made them feel alien and less than sympathetic to the liberal westerners who would be their natural allies. The traditional Chinese dance troupe China doesn’t want you to see 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z When asked about national monuments more broadly, and not by name, westerners tend to be more supportive. Analysis | The Energy 202: Trump says his Bears Ears decision isn’t 'controversial.' But he's wrong. 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z I miss the profiles of everyday westerners living modest, middle-class lives. Sunset Magazine Is Sold to a California Private Equity Firm 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z There’s a lot more westerners coming through there. Kehinde Wiley: ‘Creating the portrait of Obama is a huge responsibility’ 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Tom wonders where MBS’s drive for reform stops, whether at a boundary that westerners regard as appropriate or far beyond it in the badlands of autocracy. Opinion | Attention: Saudi Prince in a Hurry 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z "What they taught was so defined by Tibetan history and culture that I increasingly found the practices and so forth didn’t mesh with my yearnings, my longings, my needs as a westerner." Does Buddhism Give Us Answers or Questions? 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z The region is off the radar of most westerners not in the oil business, and in recent years, when the region is not being ignored, it is being mocked. Trophy city 2.0: can the Stans kick dictator chic? 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Rather, it’s compared to colonisation: “westerners” took over everything – regional administrations, courts, education and the economy. As Germany and Spain prove, history – with all its wounds – is not over | Natalie Nougayrède 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z With a group of Chinese experts and five other westerners, Thornton spent 18 months analysing how to create the legal structures for an ecological civilisation. ‘My job is to clean up the environment. China really wants to do that’ 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z If you think it’s hard to get westerners interested in flood victims in Nepal, just try talking about Yemen. There’s a disaster much worse than Texas. But no one talks about it | Jonathan Freedland 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z In the 1820s, westerners and political outsiders worried that rich men in the east had commandeered the government for their own ends. Democrats have a historic opportunity. They must not make the rich richer 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Michael Werikhe was a rare African face in a sector heavily dominated by westerners – albeit westerners with the best possible intentions. Saving the world's wildlife is not just 'a white person thing' 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z At the same time as the BLM’s identity was being transformed, westerners were also being called upon to negotiate the region’s relationship to growth, environmentalism, and the rest of the country. The new west: why Republicans blocked public land management 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Tourism efforts are more focused on getting Saudis on the road locally than bringing in curious westerners. TRAVEL: Saudi Arabia tourism 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z And the country’s conservative religious and social rules, which visitors must observe along with citizens, might deter some westerners. The guidebooks and selfie-sticks arrive as Rouhani’s Iran declares itself open to all 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z There are local economies predicated on the visits of crazy westerners determined to ascend those heights, as if humankind were affronted by the notion of eminence. Mount Everest is collapsing under our weight. Time to dump the bucket list | Philip Hoare 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z When I read this, the very first thing that cross my mind is to congratulate the best insight about China from a westerner, Prof. Martin Jacques. The New York Times vs. the ‘Great Firewall’ of China 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z For decades, the BLM’s benign neglect and skeleton of a bureaucracy made it the darling of rural westerners. The new west: why Republicans blocked public land management 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Aspiring new members, notably in the Balkans, also lose an ally against rich westerners wary of further EU enlargement. Changes: Five ways Brexit will transform the EU 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z That will narrow the gap between the two regions, with easterners’ pensions rising to 95.7 percent of westerners’ from the current 94.1 percent. Germans see rising pensions as wages increase 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Jackson was the first westerner elected to the White House, in 1828, and the first president who didn’t hail from either Massachusetts or Virginia. Donald Trump to visit home of hero Andrew Jackson 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Mention of “16 westerners” presumably excludes the Tunisian, Japanese and Colombian victims. The full list of Trump's 'under-reported' terror attacks – and how they were reported 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Historian Richard White adds that many rural westerners perceived environmentalism as praising local control when it suited their interests, and overriding it when it didn’t. The new west: why Republicans blocked public land management 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Most of the supposedly under-reported attacks listed by the White House on Monday involved westerners. The media under-reports threat of Islamic terrorism – to Muslims 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z But he said it was important to note that Italians did not feel threatened by Russia or Putinism in the way westerners felt threatened by the Soviet Union. Italy's Five Star Movement part of growing club of Putin sympathisers in west 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z They added that his physique indicated that he was a “westerner”. Foreigner in diving suit found with throat cut and tied to post in sea, Thai police say 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z In Cyprus, he released everyone apart from the staff and us, the five westerners. 2016 Eyewitness: our summary of the defining images of the year 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Whereas the “local control” efforts of past decades relied on a shared opposition by westerners to control by outsiders, the problem today appears that the “locals” are outsiders. The new west: why Republicans blocked public land management 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Often it's well-heeled westerners who probably look much like you and practice the same religion you do. To Maintain Supply of Sex Slaves, ISIS Pushes Birth Control 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Which is to say that when an easterner performs music written by a westerner, it can have its own special meaning. Haruki Murakami and Seiji Ozawa talk music, art and creativity 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z There have also been a series of kidnappings of westerners in Nigeria, some by extremists, resolved when, it is believed, significant ransom payments were paid by western governments. Nigeria denies paying ransom and freeing Boko Haram leaders for Chibok girls 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z "Governor Johnson is known here, he spends a lot of time here, both politically and personally, and he connects as a fellow westerner," his spokesman, Joe Hunter, said Saturday. Utah Republicans out front in opposing Trump 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z “Governor Johnson is known here, he spends a lot of time here, both politically and personally, and he connects as a fellow westerner,” his spokesman, Joe Hunter, said Saturday. Utah Republicans out front in opposing Trump 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z A "free" China will be nothing but a puppet state which realizes interest of the westerners. Ai Weiwei Planned to Sculpt a ‘Redline.’ Chinese Censors Say He Crossed One. 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z “There are always westerners who want to film the dust and the horror. They were thankful to shine a smile inside the horror, because that does exist,” he insists. Sweet artist: the Willy Wonka of lost Syria 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z When the westerners were warmed with a portable space heater, the bumblebees started to buzz over. Watch a sunflower dance in the sun: Now scientists know how it’s done 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The Seattle Times traveled there to meet the people, westerners and South Africans, who are involved. Gates Foundation announces $5B investment in Africa amid Seattle-led effort to wipe out HIV 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z The tragedies – in which the Sherpa climbing guides were the biggest group of fatalities – sparked an intense debate over ethical issues involved in facilitating ascents often by wealthy westerners. Climbers hope to reach Everest summit for first time in over two years 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Bovee said that that he was hopeful that we westerners were finally identifying inefficiencies and wastes. How I rented a piece of a river in a never-ending western drought 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z “If America kills any westerner, one of their own, white people, they apologize and compensate. But if it’s Pakistanis like us, they don’t care. In my opinion, America treats us worse than animals.” After drones: the indelible mark of America's remote control warfare 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z “He is also a westerner, and he is attuned to our values.” Ted Cruz sweeps Wyoming after Donald Trump cedes delegate fight 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Buchanan said people support Cruz because of his conservative values and the fact he’s a fellow westerner. Trump prepared to cede Wyoming delegate contest 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Though many westerners may have been fired drawn in by the idea that Sidibé’s work was exotic or “unsettling,” in some ways, Mason says, they would soon find just the opposite to be true. In Memoriam: Malick Sidibé (1936 – 2016) 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Obama’s designations of national monuments have sparked significant backlash from ranchers and other westerners who say conservation is destroying families’ livelihoods. Harry Reid trades insults with Cliven Bundy's wife in battle over standoff site 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The federal police file on Stewart was opened in April 2005, after a masked, wild-eyed Australian surfaced in an al-Qaida video threatening to bomb and kill westerners. Police believe former Australian soldier joined Taliban and is now in Syria 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z “Terrorist groups continue to threaten further attacks, including targeting tourists and westerners,” Bishop said in a statement. Australia warns against travel to Ankara and Istanbul 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z AQI sent him propaganda videos showing jihadists beheading westerners or rapturously sending off suicide bombers—scenes the film includes. Only the Dead Documents an Iraq War Correspondent's Journey to the Abyss—and Back 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Towards the end of the match, Michael Redmond, an American commentator who is the only westerner to reach the top rank of 9 dan pro, said the game was still “very close”. The Go Files: AI computer wins first match against master Go player 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Photographer David Guttenfelder is one of the few westerners who has spent extensive time in North Korea. 12 Photos Show a Side of North Korea You Haven't Seen 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Related: Coldplay and Beyoncé: skip the cultural appropriation for Super Bowl halftime | Anthea Butler Martin and his band are portrayed as dynamic, modern westerners who entrance the city with their formulaic pop song. Coldplay: only the latest pop stars to misrepresent India as an exotic playground 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Robinson used Facebook to contact Jordan Matson, a former US soldier and one of the most prominent westerners fighting against Isis. Briton on fighting in Syria: 'I was terrified the entire way' 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z “Are we not the same human beings as these two westerners who were killed?” Victim of Obama's first drone strike: 'I am the living example of what drones are' 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z The sales video shows a westerner trying to communicate with young girls in Tokyo and, as English went into the device, exact and proper translations – idioms and all – came out in Japanese. LARK GOULD: 10 best travel gadgets from CES 2016 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Through pulp novels, Buffalo Bill’s spectacles and the cinema, the ideal of the dauntless, self-reliant westerner quickly trickled east to inform the whole country’s self-perception. They the people 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z I think that the Japanese find it easier to get rid of things than westerners do. Decluttering can’t save us from the consumerist mess we’ve made | Suzanne Moore 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Female artists in Muslim countries, she says, are all too often pigeonholed as role models for the kind of change westerners would like to see in those countries. Tank buster: artist creating a brighter future from machines of war 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z “The mascot committee ensured that he was a westerner, dressed in Western clothing — not Southern, not cowboy, not plantation.” At UNLV, a north-south divide over rebel mascot -- but it's not what you think 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z “I can’t prevent myself from thinking for the six murders that he committed, face to camera, murders of westerners, how many Syrians did he kill, and who cares of them?” French former hostage releases video saying strikes on Isis are a trap 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The Isis propaganda’s millenarian message may not appeal to many westerners – but their promise of adventure, comradeship and status does. Truth bombs: eight alternatives to airstrikes on Isis 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The prosecution told the jury at Woolwich Crown Court that the men were inspired by an IS fatwa - or decree - to kill westerners, which was published in mid-September last year. Jury considers verdicts in 'knives terror' case - BBC News 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Could it be that in the regard of the West, westerners’ lives count for more? A Letter From Beirut 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z In August, the embassy issued a security message informing American citizens “of a heightened security risk to westerners in southern Mali, including the area outside Bamako city.” At least 20 dead, including American, in terror attack on hotel in Bamako, Mali 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z They said they were doing to us westerners what we were doing to them over there.” 'Something from Dante's hell': harrowing details of Bataclan siege 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Researchers in other Middle Eastern countries often find it simpler to collaborate with Turkish scientists than with westerners — travel is cheaper and usually visa-free. Optimistic outlook 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z While the daily life and background landscapes appear to the westerner as breathtaking, exotic even, it’s rather ordinary for them, says Frayer. Inside the Quiet Lives of China’s Disappearing Tibetan Nomads 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z When Ted and Kermit Roosevelt, sons of the US president, Theodore, became the first westerners to shoot a panda, in western Sichuan in April 1928, they said it was “like the animal of a dream”. Everything you always wanted to know about panda sex (but were afraid to ask) | Sam Knight 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Melodramatically, hostile westerners might see an absurd resemblance to a Bond villain. Think Vladimir Putin looks like a Bond villain? It’s more serious than that | Jonathan Jones 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Easterners are susceptible to the fundamental attribution error – just not as susceptible as westerners. The mistake we all make... and the simple experiment that reveals it 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z I think part of the intrigue being a westerner or non-Chinese reader of this book is that you don’t recognize her. Inside the Life of China’s Most Famous Actress 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z It was common for eastern bloc services to approach westerners it thought might be worth targeting as agents or sources, without the outcome being documented in the Stygian cellars of files. From Putin to Mullah Omar, traces of cold war paranoia still shape our world | Anne McElvoy 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Over 3,400 westerners are estimated to be fighting with the Islamic State group. Israeli-Canadian woman joined Kurdish militia to stop IS 'genocide' in Syria and Iraq 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The Japanese practice of inemuri is one that many westerners would envy with all their hearts. The art of the urban nap: let's lose the stigma of public snoozing 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z The differential attention to context results in easterners having a preference for situational explanations for behaviour that westerners are more likely to explain in dispositional terms. The mistake we all make... and the simple experiment that reveals it 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z The juxtaposition seemed to sum up the Iranians’ reluctant dependence on Chinese technology and investment, and their keenness to entice back the westerners as soon as politics allows. ‘It’s not like Argo’: the trials of a tour guide in Iran 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Most of the scant information about North Korea comes from defectors and a tiny number of westerners who have been chewed up by the regime. 'Information is the most powerful weapon against North Korea regime' 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Kurdish groups say there are dozens of westerners fighting with them. Israeli-Canadian woman joined Kurdish militia to stop IS 'genocide' in Syria and Iraq 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The group aims to help mothers find a stronger voice to counter those intent on radicalizing young westerners. Mothers of Isis recruits find healing and resolve through support network 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Dozens of other westerners are also fighting with the Kurds in Syria and Iraq. Pirates of the Caribbean actor joins fight against Isis in Syria 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z I went to North Korea twice in 2012: the only westerner granted total access to the country’s powerful propaganda film industry. True or false: the 'kooky' North Korea stories they couldn't make up, but did 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z They weren’t going after simply the rich, or Americans or westerners. A Tech Boom Aimed at the Few Instead of the World 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z There are estimated to be around 100 westerners fighting with Kurdish forces against the Islamic State group, which has recruited thousands of foreign fighters. Samantha Johnston, Army veteran, leaves children behind to fight for Kurds in Iraq 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z I know westerners do not like dictators, well at least most. Before Dangers at Sea, African Migrants Face Perils of a Lawless Libya 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Are those Borneo hunters laughing at us gullible westerners? Beware! A vampire squirrel lurks deep in the jungles of Borneo. 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z But are Chinese consumers ignoring home-grown designer talent in favour of better-known westerners? Chinese designers flock to Shanghai fashion week 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z The alerts urged caution about going to venues popular with westerners in Kampala, and vigilance around major infrastructure projects or universities in Kenya. Christians Hunted Down as al-Shabaab Take Their War From Somalia to Kenya 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Presently it is “virtually impossible” for a westerner to receive permission to arrive on the Russian shores of the Bering Strait. Russia Plans Super Highway Linking U.K. to U.S. 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Walking into the Starcastle senior living property in Shanghai, one of the first things a westerner notices is that from the outside, the property itself appears to be just one more office building. What Three Different Approaches To Senior Care in China Tell Us About The Market Opportunity Today And Tomorrow - Part 3 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z This week, ISIS’s branch in the capital Tripoli launched an attack on the Corinthia hotel, regularly frequented by westerners, killing nine people - including five foreign nationals. Al-Qaeda ‘Islamic Police’ on Patrol in Libyan City Contested With ISIS And, gradually, he found a way of putting non-Buddhist westerners at ease, avoiding all complicated Buddhist terminology and speaking in simple spiritual generalities. Relentless: The Dalai Lama's Heart of Steel Even when a westerner lives in China, their experience is often different. Unmasking China: Winning in the East 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Russia’s moves on Ukraine look to many westerners like a straightforward case of aggression. Why Putin's Russia Is The Biggest Threat To America In 2015 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z These days, by contrast, locals are annoyed by throngs of expats and westerners gentrifying formerly edgy neighbourhoods like Prenzlauer Berg. Losing its cool 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Unfortunately due to language issues westerners do not get the contempt they are viewed with. For Jihadists, Denmark Tries Rehabilitation 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Authorities in Iran frequently detain or harass journalists working for Western news organisations, and westerners with dual citizenship are often targets. US reporter charged by Iran court 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Gbagbo, from the southwest, stacked the security forces with fellow westerners after his election in 2000 but nearly fell to a mutiny by marginalized northern soldiers two years later. Ivory Coast army protests sow fears of return to unrest 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z But overall, according to polls, eastern Germans are still less content than westerners. Twenty-five years on 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Easterners work longer hours and participate in the labour force at higher rates than westerners. Still not over the wall 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Ever since Nepal opened up Everest to commerce in the 1990s, an industry has grown up allowing predominantly rich westerners to try to climb it. How safe can we make space for tourists? 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z The words come back as we are standing in the British cemetery in Kabul, a quiet and neatly preserved corner off a busy road, a place where few westerners come nowadays. A father's journey in the footsteps of his fallen son 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z One newspaper account noted "the westerners played the fastest game of football seen on the local grid iron in years." Thrilling season makes it tough to predict college football's playoffs 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z But I think many westerners are ignorant about it or they dont care. Traveling While Arab 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Yes, westerners enjoy democratic rights that were won – again, at great cost – by ancestors who fought the powerful. Hong Kong protesters remind us why democracy is worth fighting for 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z After two decades in which liberal westerners would champion the rights of stateless Palestinians but never mention stateless Kurds, there are heartening stirrings of camaraderie on the European left. The stateless Kurds are right about radical Islam, but the west is too meek to stop Isis’s fascism 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z “I started thinking on how I could depict what I perceived to be a deep imbalance between the reporting on the deaths of hundreds of African patients and the personal tragedy of just two westerners.” Cuba leads fight against Ebola in Africa as west frets about border security 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z No white westerners were forced to recite chilling messages in professionally made videos before being murdered, so no horror is expressed by western politicians. Isis is turning us all into its recruiting sergeants 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Women, children, blacks, Hispanics, southerners and westerners are most likely to be poor in America, which prompted us to ask, "What's Wrong With the South?" Roundup: The World of Data This Week 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Democracy is a universal right, not a privilege reserved for westerners. Hong Kong protesters remind us why democracy is worth fighting for 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Individual sovereignty is a broadly western assumption, and Americans are the most western of westerners. America Is More of a Club Than a Family 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z And its climax – a momentary metamorphosis of liberated westerner into Saudi-style wife – is as startling but satisfying as you could hope. The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher review – Hilary Mantel's new collection 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z It's not just about them decapitating a handful of westerners, it's about their stated goal of complete oppression of women, men and children, the majority Muslim. Airstrikes by U.S. and Allies Hit ISIS Targets in Syria 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z People talk about some powerful families on Koh Tao who are pushing unsustainable development, building bars and hotels with little regard for the environment or the laid-back vibe that has attracted so many westerners. Paradise island murder mystery 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z There was a similar system of denial, of blaming westerners, of unprotected sex with multiple partners, corrupt officials. A Feeble Response to Ebola 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z Q: Do you find that westerners are skeptical about yin-yang balance and traditional Chinese beliefs about food? World Chefs: Compestine brings Eastern balance to Western kitchens 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z They argue that westerners don’t pay enough attention to rightwing Ukrainian battalions and civilian suffering in eastern Ukraine. Putin walks a tightrope as evidence mounts of Russians dying in Ukraine 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z For some reason human beings, at least westerners, seem wired to think in these numbers. Five Ways the New iPhone Will Be A Game-Changer 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Since then, concern also has risen about westerners who have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join the terrorist group and could be ready to carry out terrorist attacks against the West. Congress pushes Obama on Islamic State strategy 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Four years ago, executives at Hiscox, the world's biggest kidnapping insurer, set out to change its business model, as the risks to westerners working in the most dangerous of places grew. The murky world of hostage negotiations: is the price ever right? 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Fighting between conventional armies is now rare and Islamic militants often view any westerners, including journalists as hostile. Chart: Syria Is The Most Dangerous Country For Journalists In 2014 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Most people beheaded before were not westerners so that's why this is different. James Foley: US and UK try to identify Isis militant with British accent 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z “Mark is known as a Coloradan and westerner through and through. He climbs mountains, rafts, skis. He loves the Colorado way of life and is trusted to protect it.” The Democrats' (White) Male Problem 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z “Much more attention was paid to westerners, who would document our story and then bring it back to us.” Colourful chaos of Lagos brought to life on Instagram 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z As the risks to westerners working abroad have increased in recent years, K&R insurance has coalesced into a formalised industry with standardised prices, procedures and middlemen. The murky world of hostage negotiations: is the price ever right? 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z He was another westerner with integrity and courage who took on the powerful intelligence community for spying on Americans and engaging in assassination plots against foreign leaders. Fire CIA's John Brennan After Senate Spying Scandal 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Roshi arrived in Los Angeles more than 50 years ago and was among a wave of Japanese teachers to tailor Zen Buddhism teachings to westerners. Joshu Sasaki Roshi, who brought Zen Buddhism to U.S., dies at 107 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z “There remains ongoing conflict in northern Mali and continuing threats of attacks on and kidnappings of westerners and others.” Air Algerie Flight 5017 Crashes Over Mali 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z By this time the insurgency had started, westerners were being kidnapped and beheaded, and Iraq was falling into a dark abyss. Revisiting Kurdistan: 'If there is a success story in Iraq, it's here' 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Some destinations, which are definitely not on today’s “Must-Go” list of most westerners, are joining the contest for the Chinese travelers Renminbi. Desperately Seeking Chinese Visitors - Crimea And North Korea Trying To Attract More Mainland Travelers 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Nor is this exclusively, or even primarily, a consequence of the various attacks perpetrated against westerners by radicalised followers of Islam. Are British Muslim Schools Teaching Hatred? "She was dedicated to working with younger people but was also very courageous, as the countries she worked in were especially wary of westerners," he said. 'Tragic loss' of 'murdered' teacher 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Thousands of Igbos — southerners — were massacred in the north; and then the federal forces, composed of westerners and northerners, embarked on a brutal scorched-earth campaign to suppress the Igbo uprising. Nigerian Movie Appears to Hit Nerve Over War 2014-04-26T01:27:25Z Only 7 percent of easterners expressed strong support for the protests against Mr. Yanukovych, compared with 66 percent of westerners. In Ukraine, Russia Plays a Weighted Word Game 2014-04-17T02:04:08Z Mr Zaazou acknowledges that westerners will need a lot of persuading to return to the land of the Pharaohs and is turning instead towards Latin America, India and China. Arab League sees stark differences in tourism 2013-12-12T09:33:23Z "One, he was a westerner but a Buddhist monk and secondly, he made speeches that were controversial denouncing Christian missionaries and European colonialism." Dhammaloka: The Irish Buddhist monk 2013-12-06T09:30:09Z He is the first westerner in his sect of master yogis to be ordained as a Mahant, or commander, with the authority to raise his own troops. Yoga history - savage and serene 2013-10-25T00:45:07Z If the vets come from east of the Mississippi River, they generally return home the same day; westerners stay an extra day or two. Veterans Wage War on Shutdown 2013-10-02T16:05:24Z The people who live there aren't as interested in climbing them as westerners are. British team first to climb mountain 2013-09-09T10:49:54Z Leaders say one thing to westerners in English and another to their compatriots in local languages. The New Man in Pakistan 2013-07-30T08:45:00Z But it is not just westerners who are fuelling this tourism boom. Greece: the sequel (this time with even more tourists) 2013-06-25T18:40:22Z The Sherpa accused the westerner of knocking off ice to hit the Sherpa below. Violence on Everest 2013-05-02T08:45:00Z Considering just style of the very song gentleman , i think this gentleman song was supposed to aim at westerner . Psy's New Single 2013-04-13T05:25:00Z One of several westerners at the retreat, he was paying hundreds of dollars a week to work with Chiriap, he glowed with the kind of serenity earned from drinking ayahuasca 15 consecutive nights. “To get the gold, they will have to kill every one of us” 2013-02-10T12:00:00Z In an E-mail to U.S. oil majors, it mentioned "threats of planned kidnapping efforts targeting westerners in Algiers, as well as in Northern and Eastern Algeria." Algeria Says Death Toll Will Climb 2013-01-21T12:59:31Z Today we have building codes for earthquake safety, but millions of new westerners are not aware of the region’s calamitous climate history. California Megaflood: Lessons from A Forgotten Catastrophe 2013-01-19T17:15:00.200Z The westerners climbed 150 feet to the side of the ropes, then, upon reaching their camp, stepped over the fixed lines to reach their tents. Violence on Everest 2013-05-02T08:45:00Z When there are no westerners, we just sit. Tourism in Mali fades away as instability leads to hardship 2013-01-09T22:31:41Z I am a tourist not a traveller, I don't kid myself, and now I am in Goa on holiday with my family on beautiful beaches where westerners and wealthy Indians live the high life. Delhi gang-rape: in India, anger is overtaking fear 2012-12-31T12:33:10Z The report found that 51 percent of westerners believe their east German brethren are "discontented", 42 percent "distrustful" while only 12 percent labeled easterners "arrogant". Germans still divided two decades after unification: survey 2012-12-16T14:40:29Z We think of Twitter and similar services as aimed at bored, rich westerners. The pope's Twitter blessing: not absurd or boring to Filipino migrant workers 2012-12-12T14:40:57Z Nordstrom’s report paints a vivid picture of a Libyan government straining to control local militias accused of torture and other crimes that often targeted westerners. Whistleblower: Libya Risk was ‘HIGH’ 2012-10-09T21:45:00Z The President of the Libyan General Congress, Mohammed Yussef Magariaf, promised to coordinate additional support to protect Americans and other westerners working in Libya. Envoy to Libya Killed 2012-09-12T11:29:00Z Corrie arrived to Israel in January of 2003 with the International Solidarity Movement, a pro-Palestinian group that helps place westerners in the West Bank and Gaza, often in friction spots. Israel: Corrie’s Death Not Our Fault 2012-08-28T19:05:00Z The study found that 71 percent of easterners believe westerners are "arrogant", 57 percent see westerners as interested primarily in money, and 45 percent believe westerners are "shallow". Germans still divided two decades after unification: survey 2012-12-16T14:40:29Z For many, the slow progress is down to westerners not understanding the pace at which Libya works. Libya's promised reconstruction bonanza fails to materialise 2012-08-25T23:06:18Z “Japanese had good basic study skills, so the idea was to add the more individualistic things that westerners have on top of that,” psychologist and author Hideki Wada told the Financial Times. Make Us Do the Math 2012-08-14T15:15:15.030Z It is ridiculed by sophisticated westerners, but unless we can acquire some of their sensibility, they are likely to have the last laugh — a laugh of grim despair. Noam Chomsky on post-legal America 2012-07-23T14:37:00Z China is a million times better than blood sucking westerners. Viewpoint: Africa must do more to profit from China 2012-05-22T03:46:26Z Under the nom-de-plume of "N. Kossize," he wrote a series or articles which had a great success and were chiefly directed against the "westerners," radicals, and socialists, e. g. Autobiography of Countess Tolstoy 2011-11-17T03:00:32.207Z The officials say dozens of English- speaking westerners have travelled to Somalia to join or train with Shabaab. Concern grows in U.K., U.S. over Somali-based militants 2011-11-15T16:05:47Z Hickenlooper told Patricia Still that he felt that her husband was a westerner by temperament: someone who didn't accept the status quo, who was always looking forward, defining himself by his future. Denver dedicates museum to forgotten American artist Clyfford Still 2011-11-11T15:25:00Z Why was the speaker glad that the westerner had suffered a loss in the elevator fire? Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise 2011-11-07T02:00:19.467Z If I have to marry, let me choose a westerner! Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z Nothing loath to see the interior of a New York second-hand shop, the westerners went to the front door. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Maybe next life a westerner, maybe as a woman. Beyond the Dalai Lama: Four Tibetan Spiritual Leaders-in-Exile 2011-08-02T04:03:09Z Enter Richter, a stalwart young westerner, who does not know how to dance. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Irked by her high international profile, advocacy of women's rights and image among westerners as the savvy face of Arab feminism, they say she is too vocal and interferes in politics. Jordan's old guard thwart reform drive 2011-06-30T10:42:39Z But the girl said nothing; she was sorry for herself and James, and felt that these despicable rich westerners could easily part with some of their wealth. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z Being woolly westerners, we failed to ascertain 26 how far northwards the car went, and having paid our fares, sat down. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z One westerner, from Montana I believe, called Blalock, finished the war as first sergeant in Company D, after a very distinguished record. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z I'd read in my guide book that scouts trawl the area looking for westerners to work as extras, but I hadn't expected to be asked minutes after my arrival. Extra! Extra! 2011-05-08T00:25:35Z The police presence was very heavy but, being a white westerner, they tend to leave me alone. Mid-East protests: Your stories 2011-03-11T19:48:41Z Jackson’s journey from Tennessee was well-chronicled, as a westerner came in to clean the Augean stables of Washington. Disunion: Lincoln Moves 2011-02-10T21:37:45Z Before the westerners awake to the new day, let us renew our acquaintance with them. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z You bet your last pound," returned the man, with the easy nonchalance of a westerner, "Montrealers wouldn't put their money into it if there wasn't a good chance of getting it out again. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z The Brotherhood is a scarecrow that the regime sets up to frighten westerners into accepting Mubarak's police state. Egypt in Turmoil: Is an End Game Being Played Out? 2011-01-29T15:45:00Z These pioneers tended to base themselves in and around western hotels - although their customers were not always westerners. Asian bling 2011-01-24T17:58:06Z The former soldier is the first westerner to stand trial in Iraq after a 2009 US-Iraqi security agreement lifted immunity for foreigners. Ex-soldier in Iraq murder hearing 2011-01-23T09:58:24Z But that is because Americans, particularly my beloved westerners, don't understand England and the English. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z First, there is the political breed, who, under the leadership of a distinguished westerner, are gallantly fighting the administration with a view to the possibilities of 1900. The Outlook: Uncle Sam's Place and Prospects in International Politics 2010-12-30T03:00:21Z The cable also says that security companies are being encouraged by the Iraqi government and the oil companies to employ more Iraqis and less westerners in frontline jobs. Wikileaks cables: Iraq security firms operate 'mafia' to inflate prices 2010-12-21T21:30:07Z What is not yet clear is whether the children of today’s overfed westerners will experience programming in the opposite direction, and have their appetites restricted. Obesity, malnutrition and gestation: Slim pickings 2010-11-11T11:00:14Z Some easterners complain westerners -- or "Wessies" -- treat them like second-class citizens while westerners sometimes moan about ingratitude of "Ossies" and the high unification costs. Merkel says German unity a success after rocky start 2010-09-26T08:59:00Z One report, citing police sources, suggested the group had hired gunmen to attack westerners on sight. Commonwealth Games 2010: Athletes warned of rising terrorism threat 2010-09-25T20:29:00Z Geesink, a towering powerhouse, stunned Japan by becoming the first westerner to win the world judo championship in 1961 in Paris, followed by his Olympic gold three years later. Judo powerhouse Anton Geesink dies 2010-08-28T18:02:00Z Luyima said he chose the Ethiopian restaurant as a target because the blasts were likely to kill Ethiopians and westerners. Suspect says rage at U.S. led him to plot Ugandan bombs 2010-08-12T17:28:00Z "Liberal westerners say nothing because it's all just too difficult" could be the headline on the European experience. Paul Hayward: South Africa proves doubters wrong 2010-06-12T23:01:00Z But with the awe there also came suspicion, especially when the westerners observed the rituals surrounding the Greek emperors. Not quite Byzantium 2010-05-23T22:00:00Z With only one westerner on the bench, is there enough attention paid to issues like water rights and Indian affairs that loom so large in the West? Court choice 2010-05-10T02:58:00Z Some experts believe the spotlight will soon fall on the fast growing financial centres of Singapore and Kuwait, which act as tax havens for increasing numbers of wealthy westerners. Budget 2010: Chancellor teases Lord Ashcroft as he announces tax treaty 2010-03-24T23:07:00Z "That was my rage and that's why I picked on the Ethiopian restaurant because of that mix-up of Ethiopians and westerners, Ethiopians are also a big part of our enemy," Luyima said. Suspect says rage at U.S. led him to plot Ugandan bombs 2010-08-12T17:28:00Z The first one took place Jan. 18, when seven gunmen attacked a popular shopping center and several surrounding buildings near the presidential palace and a hotel favored by westerners. Many Dead in Suicide Attack on Hotel in Afghan Capital 2010-02-26T07:29:00Z Prejudices linking the orient with the despot have a long pedigree, and westerners soon came to view the Greeks of Byzantium as positively un-European. Not quite Byzantium 2010-05-23T22:00:00Z The last major attack took place Jan. 18, when three teams of gunmen attacked a popular Afghan shopping center and several surrounding buildings near the presidential palace and a hotel favored by westerners. Explosion Shakes the Center of Kabul 2010-02-26T03:28:00Z In addition, the association many westerners had with Beirut as a glamorous holiday destination made its transformation into a warzone all the more striking, Mr Seddon says. Why is Beirut still a byword for chaos? 2010-02-20T08:49:00Z Worried by the dominance of ethnic Djerma westerners in the officer corps, Mr Tandja - who is from the east - built up his presidential guard and the security services. Putsch perfect 2010-02-19T20:00:00Z In the West the best work has been done by westerners. The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 Do not capitalize westerner, southerner, western states and other such derivatives. The Style Book of The Detroit News Many Chinese take western first names, especially those who trade with westerners. The Caves of Fear Most of the men were westerners, and enlisted, not drafted, and I couldn't help compare them with my boys of the 78th. A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall Mr. Ballard—ah, the great hearts of these westerners—magnanimously sought to shield me from the consequences and publicity. The Song of the Wolf This agent belonged to a class of westerners noted for the vigour rather than for the correctness of their language. The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion Hartigan had gathered not a little of true horse learning in his early days, and he was disgusted now to see how lightly and cheaply the westerner held his horse. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country On the one hand, the people of the east regarded the westerners as the real aggressors in the border conflicts, and were extremely loath to grant aid to the government. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 A big raw-boned westerner, he shifted his quid as he spoke and spat resoundingly in a cuspidor at his feet. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 He had refused the even break, the man-to-man, the unwritten edict of westerners. Valley of Wild Horses The monotony of it all would be appalling to a westerner, but the Oriental mind seems peculiarly adapted to accept it with entire contentment. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' She had thought all westerners were savages, but Manfred amazed her with his cultivation. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel They came without warning, which is the free and easy way of the westerner, appearing in a mud-splattered and dust-covered Ford that had carried them blithely over two hundred and thirty miles of prairie trails. The Prairie Child The severity of this interdiction cannot possibly be realized by westerners, who are not always dependent upon these functionaries. India, Its Life and Thought He was gambling his life on the code of the westerners. Valley of Wild Horses This is the most difficult statement of all to make clear, for the average westerner cannot grasp it; it is different from his ordinary way of looking at things. The New Theology To a westerner Hinduism seems the greatest abomination of the earth. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan He was beginning to realize that if he was to be a westerner, an outdoor lad and a rancher, he must learn to observe, something that Bud had already acquired in large measure. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X But in India every one depends upon the barber and washerman for their service even more than a westerner does upon the service of the butcher or the doctor. India, Its Life and Thought They were usually men who did not understand westerners like himself. Valley of Wild Horses Most westerners are accustomed to think exactly the reverse, and that is why the various theories of Atonement which have appeared and disappeared in the course of Christian history have so generally obscured the truth. The New Theology Once, when a splinter of steel cut Hastings' sleeve, the lanky westerner gave a whistle. Where the Souls of Men are Calling The first step to becoming a real ‘wild westerner’ is to know how to handle the ‘irons.’ Dorothy on a Ranch The Hindu home would not be, to a westerner, either pleasant or convenient. India, Its Life and Thought His skin, sunburned red instead of brown, did not suggest the westerner. Valley of Wild Horses The fourth member of the Sittinae subfamily in America is the pigmy nuthatch, known scientifically as Sitta pygmaea, a genuine westerner, not known east of the plains. Our Bird Comrades While this was going on the westerner and two of the new arrivals managed to make a prisoner of the other footpad. The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview Within the wide paddock, or corral, as these westerners called it, was a small herd of young, thoroughbred horses. Dorothy on a Ranch A westerner would suffocate in a room in which Hindus would delight to spend a night. India, Its Life and Thought Every westerner in the room understood its meaning. Valley of Wild Horses But the westerner’s a scrambler, once he’s started. The Prairie Mother “That’s right,” put in the westerner, who had managed to turn and catch hold of his assailant. The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview It would be impossible for any one but a systematist with the birds in hand to determine where the intermediate forms become either typical easterners or typical westerners. Birds of the Rockies Maybe I’m a wild and woolly westerner from Denver, but believe me! we westerners never stand around waiting for a bit to be forced between our teeth.” Polly's Business Venture Old Jim, after the manner of westerners, was bent on making a conquest for Pan. Valley of Wild Horses We are a peaceful and humdrum family, very different from the westerners of the romantic movies. The Prairie Mother The words were evidently a secret signal, for hardly were they spoken when one of the short men caught the westerner from behind and held his arms. The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview Persons who live in the East and are familiar with the songs of the common meadow-lark, should hear the vocal performances of the westerners. Birds of the Rockies Within a week after the westerners had gone back home, matters with Polly and her friends in New York settled down in a smooth current. Polly's Business Venture Junk for westerners to remember their trip to Laos. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais He recruited a regiment of cavalry called the "Rough Riders" and made up largely from the cowboys and westerners he had known in Dakota, although it included men from all parts of the United States. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. “My boy, I owe you something for your services to me,” said the westerner, as he and our hero came out on the street. The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview The westerner cannot boast of cristata's dressy black collar, but otherwise he is more richly attired, although he may not be quite so showy. Birds of the Rockies They possess that inner unity which has disappeared from among the westerners. The Jewish State Confidently, he pushed his way past the nearer of the two westerners, to follow the Duke to the audience chamber. Millennium There were five men on the committee, two New Englanders and three far westerners. Still Jim “No, I want to know where you have been?” demanded the westerner. The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview Imbert Miller was a young native westerner whose family had been ranchers out there for a good many years. Land of the Burnt Thigh In his wide-brimmed Stetson, with his broad shoulders towering above the average man, his genial smile and jovial manners, he was the typical free, big-hearted westerner of the eastern imagination. The Lady Doc Why could not these eccentric westerners be consistent? he wondered. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas To be sure the transients who occasionally bore down upon them were often northerners or westerners but they did not represent much capital or they would have put up at a first-class hotel. Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman “What shall we do?” was the question put by the westerner to the detectives. The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview "Do you know those Ammons girls?" one native westerner asked another. Land of the Burnt Thigh The little sister had married a westerner as poor as he was picturesque, and against her parents' wishes. The Lady Doc The seafarer and the woodsman; easterner, westerner, northerner, and southerner exchanged visits and became more intelligently sympathetic. Steve and the Steam Engine The cismontane people opposed this, since any change in this direction would tend to place too much political power in the hands of the westerners. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 Was this big westerner really awed by the situation we were facing? The Black Wolf Pack The Millers were counted a little above the average westerner in their method of living. Land of the Burnt Thigh When one begins to imitate he loses his individuality and his individuality is the westerner's chief charm. The Lady Doc The following extract shows what he thought of it: In Ottawa, last week, I met a big bear of a Canadian westerner. The Masques of Ottawa He's not a range horse," she explained, "not a westerner, as they sometimes describe horses that are out of a drove. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story To westerners these are appellations; to the native they are indications. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) Landgrabbers, the native westerners called the settlers, no good to the country. Land of the Burnt Thigh "Wait 'til I get my horse," murmured Snake, for, like all westerners, he hated to take more than a few steps out of the saddle. The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis In length of limb and general "ranginess" they greatly resembled our own westerners, and walked with the freedom bred of a life in the open. On the Fringe of the Great Fight Not at all the large westerner with bronzed face and flapping cowboy hat she had vaguely pictured to herself. One Woman's Life Introspection and self-revelation are his habit; he carries the study of man and fate to a point that seems morbid to westerners; he is forever gabbling about what he finds in his own soul. A Book of Prefaces Two other westerners had already become statesmen of note. Land of the Burnt Thigh What does the moaning monotony of a Korean love-song mean to the westerner, or what does the Swan song mean to the Korean? Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Then the westerners grew still more alarmed about their trade. Stories of Later American History "Yes," retorted a westerner who lived in the foreign settlement, "but it's an all-fired good thing for Canada." The Canadian Commonwealth In such wise does the westerner account to his own satisfaction for the mysterious workings of the East. Leonie of the Jungle The girls who had been meanest to the westerner were present. Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box All this sordid life so strange and new, drew the attention of the young westerner. Story of Chester Lawrence It was the contest between the aristocrats and the progressive westerner. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 But the country would be safe in his hands; and a popular westerner might well hope to become his successor. The Reign of Andrew Jackson "I guess he's a westerner, all right," answered the driver, after a moment or two spent in thought. The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest The westerner asserted his usual views with considerable forcefulness, winding up with this observation: "The whole trouble is that we Americans need a —— good licking!" Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations I was very humble, young westerner that I was in the scholastic town, and puzzled by the friendly nod. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe The ideals of the westerners were principally those of the Scotch-Irish, working for "civil liberty in fee simple, and an open road to civil honors, secured to the poorest and feeblest members of society." The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Lee was a typical westerner of many occupations—cowboy, rider, rancher, cattleman. Tales of lonely trails "If that fellow's a westerner, driver," Tom persisted, "have you any idea how many days he has been west?" The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest The Watauga people and the westerners generally were the real gainers by the war. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 Buddhist meditation in the Southern school; theory and practice for westerners. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1963 July - December The authoress is a native of Rhode Island, but by adoption a westerner. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 In all my years and in all my trips over the southwest you are the first westerner to give me the double-cross. Tales of lonely trails "There's the real thing in the way of a westerner," Harry Hazelton insisted in a voice in which there was some awe. The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest For there was a man there—an American, a rich westerner—whom Clara's duty to society moved her to marry. The Visioning JAMES, Jesse, an American westerner who murdered, stole, and appeared in paper novels for the benefit of the messenger boy, the author, and the publisher. Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be Although a westerner, Bill Badger knew no more about following a trail than did our hero, consequently they proceeded on their hunt with difficulty. Joe the Hotel Boy The hog-nosed skunk, according to westerners, very often had hydrophobia and would bite a sleeper. Tales of lonely trails When they arrived he shut the doors and told them what had happened—and in his manner there was not left a trace of the New Yorker and ambassador condescending to westerners and underlings. The Cost Some of his non-complimentary characterizations of westerners aroused a mighty roar among panegyrists of the West. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations In fact it was no simple task to distinguish between the legitimate grievances and ambitions of the westerners, and their eccentricities and errors. The United States Since the Civil War "He gave me a stiff crack on the arm," growled the young westerner. Joe the Hotel Boy And in meeting these, if it can be done with fortitude and spirit that win the respect of westerners, it is indeed a reward. Tales of lonely trails This is not the picture of a conventional, generic democrat; and this is not, we are assured by the earlier writers, the picture of the westerner of that period. The French in the Heart of America At the time Texas was emerging, the three main types of Americans were Yankees, southern aristocrats, Kentucky westerners embodied by Daniel Boone. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations From the days of Clay and Jackson the westerner had been characterized by his self-confidence, his assertiveness and his energy. The United States Since the Civil War "We are in the foothills," said the young westerner. Joe the Hotel Boy In the second volume of the Girl Aviators, we saw what came of the meeting between James Bell, the westerner, and the young flying folk. The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise The men of the valley were all westerners, "men of the western world"; not yet very strong as nationalists, that is, as men of the United States. The French in the Heart of America Then the little craft was cast loose, and the young westerner bent to his oars and sent the boat swiftly through the water. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established The complaints of the westerner naturally found expression in the agricultural organizations which already existed in many parts of the country. The United States Since the Civil War "Don't you mention it," said the young westerner. Joe the Hotel Boy The general spirit of the westerners was that of the exploiting pioneer in a virgin wilderness—a law unto itself alone. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton The westerners carried rails in the Lincoln campaign, in their pride of his humble birth and vocation; they carried miniature log cabins in another campaign in exaltation of another frontier hero. The French in the Heart of America Next day found the westerners on board the schooner sailing out from the harbor of New York. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established Yet the party majority in Senate and House was slight and the westerners were understood to be ready to defeat the McKinley bill which was then pending, unless something was done for silver. The United States Since the Civil War "There goes our outfit, friend," said the westerner. Joe the Hotel Boy Alan, standing just behind the man, had shot his knees forward, striking Jellup's legs in the hollow of his knees, and, thrown off his balance, the westerner lay sprawling on the floor. The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure There were also large numbers who had come chiefly to hear the westerner tell a lot of funny stories. The Life of Abraham Lincoln His greeting was characteristic of the westerner,—as if we had known one another all our lives. Tales of the Road The approach of the resumption of specie payments which had been set, it will be remembered, for January 1, 1879, increased the burden under which the westerners and the debtor classes in general were working. The United States Since the Civil War "In that case, just drop the mister from my name," drawled the young westerner. Joe the Hotel Boy But Jack was no fool, and something in Ned Napier's eyes made the westerner conclude instantly that he had unexpectedly and unquestionably "barked up the wrong tree." The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure "Even a westerner, immune to thrills, would have a few entirely new ones in this experience," chuckled Mr. Brewster. Polly of Pebbly Pit Without a dollar to his name, with nothing in the shape of resources save a self-sufficient nerve and an infinite eastern contempt for these struggling westerners, he began to promote things! Mr. Bingle Eastern members of both houses and of both parties had been opposed, with few exceptions, to the increased use of silver; the westerners had been equally united in its favor. The United States Since the Civil War "No, but if I catch that fellow I'll give it to him good," grumbled the young westerner. Joe the Hotel Boy The bulldog in the silent westerner had triumphed. The Guns of Shiloh A Story of the Great Western Campaign The young man was surprised at such hearty hospitality shown an utter stranger, but he had heard of western generosity and he now felt that he had met such types of westerners. Polly of Pebbly Pit The car stopped, he alighted and slowly rambled away, evidently marvelling greatly at the strange customs of these uncouth westerners. The Exploits of Elaine The westerners desired a larger quantity of money which would, as they believed, send prices upward; the East, depending upon similar reasoning, desired a contraction in supply. The United States Since the Civil War Looking back they saw Joe coming behind, accompanied by the westerner. Joe the Hotel Boy It's my country, and the westerners at least are acting. The Guns of Shiloh A Story of the Great Western Campaign They were there for the inspection of Swearengen Jones, faithfully and honorably kept—as if the old westerner would go over in detail the countless documents. Brewster's Millions Internal improvements and lower rates of transportation were essential to the prosperity of the westerners. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 There was that about him which proclaimed him for a westerner—a cattleman or a miner. Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, or, the Wreck of the Airship Big River could hardly be called even by the generous estimate of the optimistic westerner a town. The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail Twenty or thirty thousand of these westerners on flatboats could come down the river and sweep everything before them. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty At least Mrs. Haldin asked me as she climbed up, and her Natalka smiled down at the dense westerner indulgently from the rear platform of the moving car. Under Western Eyes A democracy was an unaccountable thing, and these rude westerners might have to be reckoned with. The Path of the King |
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