| 单词 | backwardness |
| 例句 | Wen was soon talking without prompts from Pete about his giant China, about the provinces, and poverty, the backwardness of people and leaders. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn't allowed the idea to take concrete form in my mind, but for a moment I had almost allowed an old, southern backwardness which I had thought dead to wreck my career. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Most lay people would describe as the most salient feature of Native Australian societies their seeming “backwardness.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When asked to account for the cultural “backwardness” of Aboriginal Australian society, many white Australians have a simple answer: supposed deficiencies of the Aborigines themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Upline is a Krio word mostly used in Freetown to refer to the backwardness of the inner country, its inhabitants, and their mannerisms. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Her father described her as suffering from “backwardness.” ‘Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter,’ by Kate Clifford Larson 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z She later warned that there would be “cultural loss” if changing lifestyles in rural areas led villagers to abandon these traditions because they might be considered evidence of backwardness. Magda Saleh, Influential Egyptian Ballerina, Is Dead at 79 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Rather than attribute a crime like this to backwardness, we would do better to see how deeply it is woven into the fabric of migration and modernity in which all of us are implicated. Shafilea Ahmed's murder is a crime meshed in migration and modernity 2012-08-05T19:30:06Z But the backwardness persists even now, and why is that? Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi – extract 2013-03-22T10:54:01Z “We are giving a very sad impression of backwardness, of the Middle Ages,” Rodriguez wrote on his blog. Imprisonment of Cuban 'art-ivist' sparks charges of censorship 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z These are the people who’ve poisoned the conservative brand, made it synonymous with backwardness and cultural isolation. Fox News built a f**ked-up Frankenstein, dumb, angry and divorced from facts. Now Donald Trump will devour them 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Yee’s arrest doesn’t just underscore his complaints about Singapore’s backwardness on rights and freedom. The Arrest of a Teen-Aged YouTube Star 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The truth is that a belief in specific religious doctrines is sufficient to produce the all violence, intolerance, and backwardness we see in the Muslim world. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Although the backwardness of most North Korean infrastructure may make it an unpromising target for others to attack, thanks to a crash hacker-training program it is now in the cyberwarfare big leagues. Cyberwarfare — the Latest Technology of Destruction 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z These days, particularly in Britain, slapstick is a dirty word, a sign of comedic backwardness. Why Loriot gets lost in translation 2011-08-25T14:45:25Z Looking beyond missiles, Sanger notes that North Korea’s backwardness generally makes it an unpromising target for cyberwarfare. Cyberwarfare — the Latest Technology of Destruction 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Re-opening it as a seminary he is singly responsible for Sunni backwardness and ignorance today. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z So often the Midwest functions as shorthand in fiction, a quick way to represent backwardness or innocence, ignorance or rurality. Why "A League of Their Own" goes over the rainbow 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Igbo ostracisation, he says, is "one of the main reasons for the country's continued backwardness". There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra by Chinua Achebe - review 2012-10-05T21:55:01Z Gypsies,” he says, are technically human, though as descendants of Ham they are cursed with servitude and backwardness. Review: ‘Aferim!’ Traverses an Unforgiving Romania in the 1800s 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z In some ways China resembles Italy just after the turn of the last century or Russia in the 1920s — countries whose faith in modernity was driven, in part, by insecurities over their own relative backwardness. Architecture Review: Chinese Gem That Elevates Its Setting 2011-07-05T21:43:47Z Preeminent historians of the time believed that Xerxes’ defeat helped preserve supposedly Greek attributes of free-thought and reason in the face of Eastern backwardness and mysticism. Zack Snyder and the West Should Stop Killing Ancient Persians 2014-03-10T14:33:58Z Irish atheist friends, who have learned from experience not to believe a word that emanates from the Catholic hierarchy, tell me that they smell a whiff of Protestant prejudice in British condemnations of Catholic backwardness. The shameful history of silence on child abuse 2012-10-06T23:06:33Z In fairness, the show’s most overdrawn stereotype is a white woman, Steve’s status-obsessed New York girlfriend, who spends the pilot episode remarking on the backwardness and danger of Pittsburgh. Television Review: ‘Sullivan & Son’ With Steve Byrne on TBS 2012-07-18T21:22:24Z Exempting its glorious high points, Rome is no stranger to languishing in backwardness. Rome in Ruins 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z He plays a jazz club named Reggie who leaps into every scary Black man trope with each passing decade to prove a point about the utter backwardness of Danny DeVito's Frank. From "The Wire" to "John Wick," we trusted Lance Reddick as a voice of authority, empathy and comedy 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z His removal comes after Francis spoke of the "backwardness" of some US Catholic church leaders. Pope Francis fires Texan bishop after criticism of reforms 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z Aboard the plane taking him on a recent trip to Mongolia, reporters asked Francis about the angry reaction of U.S. conservatives to his “backwardness” remarks. Ideological rifts among U.S. bishops are in the spotlight ahead of momentous Vatican meeting 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z “Given the polarization in this country, it’s to vote either for 50 years of backwardness or for progress,” he said. Voters brave the heat in election that could see Spain become the latest EU member to swing right 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z "This will be a victory of progress over backwardness, the future over the past, truth over lies," Mr Sánchez has said. Spain faces stark left-right divide in hot summer vote 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z The series has been constructed, from its camera moves to its soundtrack, as a kind of post-Cold War Cold War thriller, set in and around Moscow, whose backwardness makes it feel less than modern. 'Secret Invasion' review: A closer look at Nick Fury and the Skrulls 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Speaking at a meeting at the World Youth Day celebrations in Lisbon the Pope said the backwardness of some people was "useless". Pope Francis fires Texan bishop after criticism of reforms 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z At a meeting in August with Jesuit priests in Portugal, he assailed the “backwardness” of some of those conservatives, saying they have replaced faith with ideology. Ideological rifts among U.S. bishops are in the spotlight ahead of momentous Vatican meeting 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The greatest of the European powers in the sixteenth century, Spain had long since sunk into obscurity, commercial weakness, and backwardness. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z There were other problems that she inherited as well, including a certain backwardness in adapting to the computer age and a failure to adjust census taking to demographic changes like the proliferation of nontraditional households. Barbara Bryant, First Woman to Lead the Census Bureau, Dies at 96 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z "The chief characteristic of the mass man is not brutality and backwardness," Hannah Arendt writes, "but his isolation and lack of normal social relations." The viscous cycle of killer news: American democracy is dying — and taking Americans with it 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Young Sora, educated in a mainstream regional language, expressed contempt for the “backwardness” of their parents and grandparents—a contempt that often extended to me, as a sympathizer with the old religion. This Spiritual Tradition Could Be the Most Poetic Bereavement Therapy Ever Documented 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z “I want to remind these people that backwardness is useless, and they must understand that there’s a correct evolution in the understanding of questions of faith and morals.” Ideological rifts among U.S. bishops are in the spotlight ahead of momentous Vatican meeting 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z "The Russian Federation is looting our museums in the temporarily occupied territories, removing Wi-Fi routers from homes and physically abusing our people. It is hopeless civilizational backwardness," she wrote on Telegram. Russian troops damage Kherson TV centre, infrastructure - reports 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko lamented Russia’s backwardness in technology, and said the “painful process” of Russia switching to its own technology was under way. Cyberattack hits as 'Russian Davos' adjusts to new reality 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z He was harassed by censorship, and his works stood for criticism of backwardness and oppression under the czars. Opinion | Literary nationalism is as bad as other forms of nationalism 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z After the Spanish conquest of the Incan Empire in 1532, Quechua came to be seen as a sign of backwardness or a source of suspicion by the new ruling class. ‘Allinllachu.’ Google Translate Adds Quechua to Its Platform. 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z By juxtaposing the risks of pregnancy against the safety of abortion, the scientific backwardness of limiting access to abortion care is exposed. Pregnancy Is Far More Dangerous to Women Than Abortion 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Today, across the United States, a chauvinistic multitude equates Latino identity with backwardness and a variety of social ills; for many people, attending a “Latino” school would carry a stigma. The L.A. Riots Were 30 Years Ago. I’m Still Trying to Understand Them. 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Cajal always feared that the backwardness of his environment had stunted his intellectual growth. The Father of Modern Neuroscience Discovered the Basic Unit of the Nervous System 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Avoiding dangerous innovations, safety-first farmers clung to tradition, though outsiders bewailed their “backwardness.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “This is not just a case of ‘ignorance and backwardness,’ nor is it an abnormal event.” Plight of Chinese mother of eight chained outside in winter causes public outrage despite official explanations 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z A recent flurry of news articles bewailed our great American backwardness in wine drinking, quoting one of those dodgy market research surveys that seemed to be all over the map. Perspective | People are drinking wine in bed and with ice, and that’s okay 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Her policy legacy is a somewhat bizarre mix of modernisation and backwardness. Angela Merkel: Four expert verdicts on a contested legacy 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z There is a violent logic which situates Black people in the Americas—descendants of kidnapped and enslaved Africans—as responsible for the scientific “backwardness” of humanity. Science Shouidn't Come at the Expense of Black Lives 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Mindful that the recent convention had preserved white inequality for the sake of slavery, western representatives assailed the system’s backwardness and injustice, but conservatives fended them off. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Her stint as a Texas curator ended awkwardly in 1985, after she bemoaned the city’s cultural backwardness in an interview with the magazine Artspace. Barbara Rose, Critic and Historian of Modern Art, Dies at 84 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z His vision of the Royal Museum for Central Africa, which opened in 1910 soon after his death, reproduced a narrative of African backwardness while obscuring the violent exploitation of the Congolese. Opinion | Colonialism Made the Modern World. Let’s Remake It. 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z The insurgency has stifled economic development, they said; Article 370 was curtailing investment and migration, dooming the place to backwardness. Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z She “did not think about her own dignity and affluence but the greater matter of changing the backwardness of her hometown.” China’s Communist Party tries to create a new hero for the masses 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z Then it compares Azhong to China, saying it also rose from backwardness to power despite victimization, in the country’s case by foreign forces. China Masters Political Propaganda for the Instagram Age 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z They saw its lack as the reason for China’s state of backwardness. China: How science made a superpower 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The history of the club, like that of so many institutions in the Deep South/United States/world, is fraught with backwardness and bigotry. Inside the Cultish Dreamworld of Augusta National 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z “Playing with uncontrolled street politics is to push Hong Kong to backwardness and disturbance,” it said. China state media blames Hong Kong protests on 'lawlessness' 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z "North Korea is highly vulnerable to these kinds natural disasters, due to the backwardness of a lot of its farming technology and the pre-existing public health and food issues in the country," Mr Hotham said. Alarm over severe drought in North Korea 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Matt Hancock, British secretary of state for health and social care, labeled faxing a symbol of NHS technological backwardness and pledged to introduce new technologies more quickly. Perspective | Faxing is old tech. So why is it also growing in popularity? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The government locked up hundreds of thousands of them in what it called job training camps, touted as a way to escape poverty, backwardness and radical Islam. China Uses DNA to Track Its People, With the Help of American Expertise 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z But to her nine-year-old eyes the mainland cities were grim spectacles of poverty and backwardness. Denise Ho Confronts Hong Kong’s New Political Reality 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z “Opening brings progress while closure leads to backwardness,” Xi said. China's Xi urges implementation of reform but offers no new measures 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Since the acidic portrait of Guéret in novels by a famous native son, the anti-Semitic 20th-century writer Marcel Jouhandeau, the town is used to being mocked as the epitome of provincial backwardness. Yellow Vests Riot in Paris, but Their Anger Is Rooted Deep in France 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Answering Mr. Trump’s “America First” rhetoric, China’s president kicked off the expo saying, “Openness brings progress while seclusion leads to backwardness.” U.S.-China Trade Tensions on Display at Shanghai Expo 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z After the publication of “The True Story of Ah Q” in the early 1920s, Ah Q became a symbol of the backwardness of Chinese culture. In Italy, ‘Al Dente’ Is Prized. In Taiwan, It’s All About Food That’s ‘Q.’ 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z As a result, progressive and enlightened individuals were swamped by the backwardness of the great unwashed. How a disastrous change in perspective disempowered the left and let the right rise | Jeff Sparrow 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z “The greatness of the Chinese Communist Party, the backwardness of Uighur culture and the advanced nature of Chinese culture.” China Is Detaining Muslims in Vast Numbers. The Goal: ‘Transformation.’ 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Yet Russia remains a byword for backwardness and corruption. Putin Is Weak. Europe Doesn’t Have to Be 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z The internees’ confessions of their backwardness helped drive the point home. Chinese mass-indoctrination camps evoke Cultural Revolution 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z “Administering sanctions against ourselves from the modern world will cause backwardness,” he wrote. Iran, Like Russia Before It, Tries to Block Telegram App 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Increasingly, though, many progressives identified the masses not as the answer but as the problem, a foolish and slightly terrifying reservoir of cultural and political backwardness. How a disastrous change in perspective disempowered the left and let the right rise | Jeff Sparrow 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Wakanda, a country never colonized, is depicted in the world media as a place of poverty and backwardness. Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ is a royal thrill 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Deng Xiaoping’s government was trying to improvise new solutions to the country’s economic backwardness, which officials thought had exposed China to humiliation in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Rise of China and the Fall of the ‘Free Trade’ Myth 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z But this pessimism is counterproductive and simply empowers the forces of backwardness. Opinion | Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Mencken was proud of his satire of national backwardness and wasn’t surprised to get letters from readers. This Fake News Was Good Clean Fun 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Back in Birmingham, there was relief among liberals that, after decades in the wilderness with their state often seen as a byword for backwardness and object of derision, Alabama suddenly had something to shout about. 'A perfect storm': How liberal millennials and African Americans delivered a stunning Alabama result 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z But you can't put the burden on the poor and red, whom you will then mock for their cultural backwardness and deplorability. As de Blasio Looks to 2nd Term, He Sees a City Threatened by Trump 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z For all its cultural backwardness, baseball has routinely been ahead of the nation as a whole in important ways, if not always for the most enlightened reasons. Baseball no longer a supergiant but it is still the most American of sports 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Even for secular readers, the knee-jerk equation of Christianity and backwardness is tiresome. The story of Adam and Eve: From myth to fact and back to myth again 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z With searing clarity, “Red Famine” demonstrates the horrific consequences of a campaign to eradicate “backwardness” when undertaken by a regime in a state of war with its own people. Stalin’s famine, a war on Ukraine 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z The technical hurdles appear to be falling at a surprising clip, considering North Korea’s economic backwardness and diplomatic isolation. North Korea defies predictions — again — with early grasp of weapons milestone 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z The latest sign of this backwardness is the fate of 14 Saudi men, all from the country’s Shiite minority, who are facing execution for allegedly staging protests in the kingdom. Opinion | Saudi Arabia must do something about its barbaric human rights practices 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Rail incidents conjure the common lament about the backwardness of U.S. infrastructure in general. Did last-resort switch push Amtrak train off course? 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Further studies are a pipe dream; the curriculum is designed to lift students just enough from their assumed backwardness before sending them home to their reindeer-herding families. The cost of denying identity on display in powerful Swedish drama 'Sami Blood' 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Those complaints are widely echoed by lower-caste students in India, who, despite government quotas that ensure them places at universities, say professors and higher-caste students discriminate against them because of their perceived “backwardness.” Another Dalit suicide on campus raises fears of a crisis of discrimination at Indian universities 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Such conservative dress was portrayed at the time as a symbol of backwardness and sectarianism by the secular state. ‘They crushed me’: Tunisians reveal abuses they endured before the Arab Spring 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z That the party represents so many Peruvians is in part an indictment of the country’s educational backwardness. A small act of national suicide in Peru 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Fils said well-educated city dwellers deepen rural resentments by blithely portraying the countryside as a place of backwardness. Like Trump, Europe’s Populists Win Big With Rural Voters 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z But what united all these movements was the deep desire for freedom — for a break from the experience of backwardness. What’s really backward? From India to France, millions are rising up against the effects of Western domination 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Veiling was treated as a symbol of Muslims’ backwardness, and Frenchwomen’s more flexible standards of dress were seen as a sign of French cultural superiority, views that helped to justify colonialism. France’s ‘Burkini’ Bans Are About More Than Religion or Clothing 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Paris was not built on backwardness or barbarism or misogyny. France has the burkini blues 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z “Production and Domination: Afghanistan, 1747-1901” analyzes the nation’s difficulty in building a centralized state in terms of its economic backwardness. Afghanistan’s Theorist-in-Chief 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z That backwardness was made evident when Cindy Gallop, a British advertising consultant and industry veteran, called out sexism at the festival. Mad Men and invisible women: how the advertising industry failed to move on 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z “I see a Pakistan that is free of terrorism, poverty, ignorance, backwardness and darkness, which the world will look at with envy.” Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Undergoes Successful Open-Heart Surgery 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z It would be too easy to say that this bill is just another example of the backwardness of the state of Mississippi—of the ugliness of the south generally. Mississippi's Anti-LGBT Bill Is the New Jim Crow 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z In The Price of Coal he revealed not only his angry compassion for the daily dangers of mining, but an acknowledgment of the feudal backwardness in his community. Barry Hines obituary: author of A Kestrel for a Knave 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z And Indian courts anyway blocked the move, arguing that Jats do not meet the criteria for backwardness. Backward ho! 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Furthermore, the memory of poverty and backwardness is ever-present in the collective consciousness. China’s Rich Kids Head West 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z For example, it accounts in large part for the relative backwardness of Africa and Latin America. Sanders and Trump: Magic sells 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z It is not merely a civil war between Islamists and secularists, nor a fight between oriental backwardness and western liberal modernity, nor an “event” that can be fixed and constrained in place or time. The future of the Egyptian revolution 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Note is made of the racial backwardness of "Song of the South," the institutional bias against hiring women to animate. PBS' 'Walt Disney' is an entertaining, enlightening look at the visionary 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z “The effects of our backwardness in sewage treatment goes far beyond the most obvious and easily perceptible one - pollution,” Freitas said. Away from Olympics, sewage blights vast swaths of Rio 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Yet this is an underestimate, as many distrust officials and refuse to register, or misstate their ethnicity because prejudice equates it with backwardness and petty crime. Left behind 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z She needs to be a victim of social backwardness first, in order to become a hero. Are These 'Avengers' Toys Sexist For Replacing Black Widow With Captain America? 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Many of De Oliveira's films were set in Porto, and the relative backwardness of the region and elements of superstition supplied the backdrops. Last director to have worked in silent movies dies aged 106 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Small wonder this country has become home to so much intellectual backwardness and ideological rigidity. Believers of political vaccine hoax say a lot about who we are 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Some of the coverage of the epidemic relies on colonial tropes of African backwardness, and depicts Africa as an uncivilized and diseased continent. How Today's Ebola Response Reflects the History of Colonialism in Africa 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Thanks to its backwardness, insurance is the next opportunity for a revolution in financial services. Insurance: $7 Trillion Goliath 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The defining features of both were crippling poverty and backwardness, massive debt, isolation from the world by international embargo, harsh dictatorships with a history of murderous oppression, and little hope for a better future. The Rebirth Of Burma 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Many pro-government intellectuals consider the popularity of the Muslim Brotherhood an aspect of that backwardness and argue that all such Islamist political movements are inherently violent — even if the groups publicly disavow violence. Raising Questions Within Islam After France Shooting 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Erdogan is a religious man, so some Turks, especially those secularists who associate religion with backwardness, have been inclined to interpret these types of comments as ignorance. The Mine Disaster That Shook Turkey 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z On social media and in national news reports, far-flung supporters of the students accuse the town of bigotry, backwardness and intellectual suppression. Catherine Rampell: Theater censorship is alive and well Tibetans should be left in peace altogether, notwithstanding their technological backwardness. 'Meltdown In Tibet,' Countdown On An Announced Apocalypse 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Much has been made of Germany’s relative backwardness in the internet economy compared with its success in the industrial one. Launching into the unknown 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z “Religious thought, or religious discourse, is afflicted with backwardness,” Gaber Asfour, the minister of culture, declared in a recent television interview. Raising Questions Within Islam After France Shooting 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z If it ever hoped to escape its economic backwardness and the devastating effect of the last world war, it would need to reverse the arms race. As Hiroshima Day dawns, why are we still tempting nuclear fate? 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Proponents of the new deals think India's new government risks relegating its economy to bureaucratic backwardness if it won't join such reforms. WTO failure points to fragmented future for global trade 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z "Then 'backwardness' in people's quality of life was seen as a 'temporary difficulty'." Disenchanted with Putin, some Russians vote with their feet 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z After decades of backwardness, Spain opened its cultural riches to the world, and the world came to visit: It is second only to the United States in revenue from international tourism. Spain's Empty Housing Project Valdeluz This phenomenon, this wide recognition, has also always been seen as a factor of political alienation, perpetuating backwardness, and the failure to tackle the real problems of an unequal society. How We Play the Game 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z The appearance of hardball politics doesn’t bother us nearly as much as the continuing backwardness of the GOP’s anti-Medicaid crusade. End the obstruction "We will be choosing between two different paths, re-election, imposition and backwardness, that is their way, or democracy, liberty and the future," Navarro said recently. Panama election to test Martinelli's hold on power 2014-05-01T17:35:15Z Congratulations to the Brazilian people, they deserve their backwardness and kleptocrat path. Daily chart: Crowning the dragon 2014-04-30T00:02:16Z But too often it seems more like willful backwardness. The Tin Ear of the #CancelColbert Brigades 2014-03-28T21:35:12Z In December 2013, the Caricom Reparations Commission decided on six factors for the claim: public health, education, cultural institutions, cultural deprivation, psychological trauma, and scientific and technological backwardness. Caribbean nations consider push for slavery reparations 2014-03-06T20:19:51Z When the crisis does end, addressing its economic backwardness must be a major objective. Ukraine and Russia: Why is Ukraine’s economy in such a mess? 2014-03-05T11:22:27Z A common insult in China is to call someone a farmer, a word equated with backwardness and ignorance, while the most valued cultural traditions are elite practices like landscape painting, calligraphy and court music. In China, ‘Once the Villages Are Gone, the Culture Is Gone’ 2014-02-02T00:12:11Z Only gradual EU integration can guarantee that by reducing corruption and mismanagement and monumental backwardness. Moldova: Hostage in a geopolitical game 2013-11-19T12:34:59Z Otherwise, we won’t be able to rid our country of poverty and backwardness or to catch up with — still less surpass—the advanced countries.” China's Leaders Miss Chance to Make Economic History 2013-11-14T05:05:21Z "The big concern is over lack of investment in education leading to more backwardness for future generations," said Dias, who teaches history in Freiria, a village 30 miles from Lisbon. Portugal's fed-up youth pack and go as their nation slides into reverse 2013-04-13T16:19:42Z Hedgehog Bacteria, a New Solar Sail and More Friday in science, clues to owls’ backwardness, fresh dangers to the seas and the launch of a giant kite. SciTimes Update: Recent Developments in Science and Health News 2013-02-01T17:38:13Z And the roots of scientific backwardness lie not with religious leaders, but with secular rulers, who are as stingy with cash as they are lavish with controls over independent thought. Islam and science: The road to renewal 2013-01-24T16:02:30Z Only gradual EU integration can guarantee that by reducing corruption and mismanagement and monumental backwardness - It is a condition, maybe necessary, but likely not enough, at least in the short term. Moldova: Hostage in a geopolitical game 2013-11-19T12:34:59Z "If the big leaders would have come by road at least they will see the road condition and the backwardness of the area." India Ink: New Focus on Village of Delhi Rape Victim's Father 2013-01-12T07:15:06Z Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, has warned North Korea that it risks continued isolation and economic backwardness unless it quickly loosens its grip on access to the . North Korea must open up to internet, says Google's Eric Schmidt as visit ends 2013-01-10T06:56:04Z The report relies on socioeconomic data to illustrate the "persistent backwardness" of Bihar's Scheduled Castes and Tribes: low literacy rates, a high incidence of poverty and few land holdings. India Ink: Reservations Bill Hits Hurdles in Parliament 2012-12-20T05:15:20Z The caricature of Islam’s endemic backwardness is easily dispelled. Islam and science: The road to renewal 2013-01-24T16:02:30Z The American education system’s backwardness in science, technology, engineering and math training will not help. Entrepreneurs to America: Send Us More Geeks 2012-11-22T15:42:10Z Achebe writes that after the war, “the Igbo were not and continue not to be reintegrated into Nigeria, one of the main reasons for the country’s continued backwardness, in my estimation.” Things Still Fall Apart 2012-10-08T05:00:00Z The court struck this down saying, look, you do what the hell you want with backwardness, we'll generously endorse your usage of caste, but it should fit into a more coherent structure. India Ink: A Conversation With: Constitution Expert Madhav Khosla 2012-08-31T10:50:49Z If the traditional victims see matters somewhat differently, that merely reveals their moral and intellectual backwardness. Noam Chomsky on post-legal America 2012-07-23T14:37:00Z The Mubarak regime encouraged this trend ... and used it to release steam by the public and distract attention from the poverty and backwardness in Egypt. Analysis: Egyptian status quo ends for Israelis, Palestinians 2012-06-05T09:49:30Z "Fox shouldn't forget that he is responsible for the change that ended decades of authoritarianism and economic and political backwardness in Mexico," said PAN party president Gustavo Madero in a statement. Mexico's ruling party blasts ex-president for backing rivals 2012-06-04T00:04:51Z They imagined him able to eradicate impoverishment, remoteness, and backwardness. At War Blog: A Long-Lost Window Into Afghan History 2012-05-31T15:01:40Z Now, I disagree with how the government identifies backwardness. India Ink: A Conversation With: Constitution Expert Madhav Khosla 2012-08-31T10:50:49Z Fairly accurate standards of normality have been established from which the relative degree of “backwardness” can be determined. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z There is a strategic danger of approaching women’s rights in majority Muslim societies as a struggle between the presumed backwardness of Islam and the enlightenment of Western egalitarian values. Does Mona Eltahawy?s approach hurt women? 2012-05-16T02:40:06Z “Their backwardness is really an advance, for they are still in touch with the origins of the world at a time when we are already in the twilight.” Latitude: Why Are Westerners Softer on Ch?vez than Putin? 2012-05-15T13:56:24Z The starting-point therefore was a very backward one: and the wonder is that so much advance should have been made, considering not only the backwardness of the starting-point but the difficulties of the road. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Hegel in his essay, which was republished at Stuttgart, supported the royal proposals, and animadverted on the backwardness of the bureaucracy and the landed interests. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Her name does not yet figure among the list of exporters of foodstuffs, but the reasons for her backwardness are not far to seek. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z The bashful youth who is merely permitted to sit by and look on will go home secretly displeased, if not much pained, at his own backwardness. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z It is true, that before the formal declaration of war by England, one might perhaps have alleged some plausible reasons to justify in some degree the backwardness in this great and interesting affair. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z It is a singular blessing, that nature has form’d the mind of man with the same happy backwardness and renitency against conviction, which is observed in old dogs—“of not learning new tricks.” The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z It is glimpses like this that make the prejudiced stranger judge the so-called backwardness of the country in kinder fashion. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z I meet everywhere with the same backwardness, even among the most exposed of the inhabitants, which makes every thing move on heavily, and is disgusting to the last degree.” The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z First of all, there is the frequent tendency toward reticence or backwardness. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Griping about Afghan corruption, deceitfulness, backwardness and ignorance is hardly uncommon among soldiers — noncommissioned officers and officers alike — and is not in itself inherently bad. At War Blog: Robert Bales and the Case for a Measured Approach to Alcohol in Combat 2012-03-22T21:39:08Z He grew up in ignorance and his appearance clearly indicated mental backwardness. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z This industrial tendency is what we agree in calling progress, and Spain has been censured for her backwardness in entering the world's competition, so it is not justifiable to regret the unambitious past. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The charge is true: but, if we examine this point more closely, and search for the motives, we shall perhaps find some that may excuse the imperial court for this backwardness. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z It has been remarked, that as the progress of art was constantly from East to West, the geographical position of England might account in some respects for her backwardness. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z No one could account for the backwardness of the season. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z For this reason Mary's backwardness, her apparent unconsciousness that they were not friends of the same sex, puzzled him, nay, angered him. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z In rousing court scenes, Gayathri and her father argue that the reservation policy should be based on economic backwardness and not on caste. India Ink: From Tollywood, A Landmark Case on Free Speech 2012-02-14T12:00:35Z He had come to the conclusion that the presence of the Negro on the farm lands of the South, was the chief cause of its backwardness. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z The unedifying picture which German Social Democracy presents today is at bottom the result of German sham democracy, of the poverty and backwardness of German political life. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z The author says that in 36 per cent of the cases, the cause for backwardness was found to be "inherent dullness." Adenoids and Diseased Tonsils Their Effect on General Intelligence 2012-01-28T03:00:25.603Z So many brave troops, come so far for your defence, must not stand idle through your backwardness to do what may be reasonably expected from you. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z The incidents of his career show that there was no backwardness or hesitation in acting when occasion required. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z He, therefore, would ascribe our backwardness principally to a woful lack of energy, a condition brought on by our hot and moist climate. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z These challenges are compounded by the fact that, despite the country’s backwardness, North Korea’s intelligence trade craft is “something to be reckoned with,” said Rogers. ‘Hard Target’ North Korea Poses Challenge to U.S. Spy Efforts 2011-12-21T02:31:01Z “It would be just as misleading to speak in generalities of ‘white exploitation’ as it once was to talk about ‘native backwardness.’ Op-Ed Columnist: Out of Africa and Into Iowa 2011-12-04T00:46:47Z Rather were the traits which have ever since been the cause of Brazil's industrial backwardness intensified. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z In the regions of densest negro populations the whites show a backwardness in taking to work that is discouraging. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The Turks at first took no notice of me, and I had now to make amends for my backwardness in entering. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z I tell you, backwardness is a fault with a good many preachers. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z The Arab nationalist movement began in the 1930s and ’40s with idealistic young men who hoped to lead the region out of its colonial past, backwardness and tribalism. News Analysis: The Arab Intellectuals Who Didn?t Roar 2011-10-30T18:09:41Z Their backwardness in acquiring the habits and customs of their conquerors the Japanese, arises from incapacity more than from conservatism. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Yet this did not imply stereotypical “fatalism” or “backwardness” among Muslims; the main point was that desirable posts in public or military service were closed to non-Muslims. Religion and economics: Holy relevance 2011-10-26T20:03:02Z Celibacy, depopulation, the languishing of commerce, the backwardness of science, art, agriculture, etc., are all the results of idleness. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z The Taliban would boost the country's mining and energy sectors, he continued, to free Afghans from the "tentacles of poverty, unemployment, backwardness and ignorance." After decade of war, Afghans mull Taliban return 2011-10-06T09:49:19Z In September 2009, the Russian president launched a blistering attack on Russia's political backwardness and its economic dependence on raw materials. Witness: Russia's unhappy flirtation with reform 2011-09-27T12:39:03Z This caused the temperamental girl to feel discouraged and she began to blame her ill-health for her backwardness. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Contrariwise, fathers whose children showed backwardness in entering on matrimony were to be the objects of official displeasure. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z It is doubtful, however, whether the backwardness of the North in the forward march of civilisation can be solely attributed to its climatic inferiority. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z It gained him also their confidence, and the more fully as some among them were thought to have shewn backwardness, of which number John Coxon, their elected Commander, appears to have been. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Yet despite the president's clarion calls for reform and his frank, withering critique of Russia's endemic corruption and political backwardness, there were no clear plans for implementing change. Witness: Russia's unhappy flirtation with reform 2011-09-27T12:39:03Z But, hot and eager as I was, I noted even then a backwardness in my father’s answers that puzzled me. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z Nothing demonstrates the backwardness of Philippine infrastructure like its dilapidated airports. Suicide, Scams, Scandal Trap a Nation in Poverty: William Pesek 2011-08-14T17:22:01Z More than this, an editor, despite the usual backwardness of his intelligence, realises the desirability of securing readers for subsequent issues of his periodical, no less than for the current number. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z But there are other factors which also contribute to the backwardness of domestic engineering. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z Now, however, Jake's tone of voice, as he had rebuked her backwardness in picking up American Yiddish, came back to her and she grew dejected. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z The Khmer Rouge leaders were following in the footsteps of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution in which he proclaimed that from agricultural backwardness China would become the most industrialized country in the world. The Lede: The Economist Behind the Khmer Rouge 2011-06-27T18:12:08Z The French found them backward in trench work and bombing, and naturally enough expected that backwardness to follow through. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z It is true that there is a connection between mental backwardness and adenoids. Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z They would laugh and ridicule the backwardness of these saltwater preto, who knew nothing of European ways. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z One thing we can say with perfect assurance: it will meet political obstacles long before it will be checked by the technical backwardness of the country. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z I insist on this, I plead for this; but let us examine ourselves, and see if this be indeed the reason for our backwardness in the lesser work. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z No one ever charged him with desertion of a friend or backwardness in time of need; and I have known of sacrifices that he made for others, greater than most men are capable of. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z Again, it is not always easy to establish irregular or insufficient attendance when this is the cause of the backwardness. Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z Sparseness of population and general economic backwardness have also proved hindrances, especially in Russia and the Balkan Peninsula. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z And here I must remind you that one thing is much over-talked: the forwardness of the Colored child and the backwardness of the white child in the matter of getting an education. The Negro and the elective franchise. A Series Of Papers And A Sermon (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11.) 2011-03-03T03:00:50.323Z Owing to the increase of population, the minute subdivision of the estates of the peasants, the backwardness of their agricultural methods, and their over-taxation, the position of the peasants has been rendered precarious. Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. LIX, No. 4, 1914 2011-03-01T03:00:45.597Z There are some who, by their very backwardness and reticence, attract attention and excite curiosity. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z Alas they see it only too well, and little it matters to them whether his backwardness amounts to six months or a year. Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z "He scarcely shares my hopes, but he shows no signs of backwardness." Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z Mr. Coffin sought out our unknown hero, and gave him such a vigorous invitation to speak that his hesitancy, and bashfulness, and backwardness were all entirely overcome, and Fred. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z But the true secret of their backwardness was to be sought for in the six-shooters, one of which I now held in each hand. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Year by year the progress of civilization went thus lazily forward; and, far from finding fault with this backwardness, it was said that the visitors were just as well satisfied. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z If the backwardness is only a slowness of development, it will suffice to apply to the backward the same methods as to the normal. Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z Meanwhile, other variants of capitalism – Chinese, Indian, Russian, Brazilian – are surging ahead, exploiting the advantages of backwardness, and their economic dynamism is rapidly being translated into political power. The optimists of Davos past now face a world whose script has gone awry 2011-01-26T22:00:01Z Under the first, much stress will be laid upon the "anarchy" which existed in Haiti, upon the backwardness of the Haitians and their absolute unfitness to govern themselves. Self-Determining Haiti Four articles reprinted from The Nation embodying a report of an investigation made for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 2011-01-22T03:00:17.567Z The backwardness of economic science has been an index of the danger threatening the industrial and commercial supremacy of the United Kingdom. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Han nationalists justified the subordination of non-Han peoples in modern China by their “backwardness” and need to modernize under Han’s tutelage. China's Changing Views on Race 2009-12-14T18:58:00Z He vowed, after his return to Pakistan, to galvanize Pakistanis and to fight “a jihad against poverty, hunger, illiteracy and backwardness.” Musharraf, Vowing Return, Announces New Political Party 2010-10-01T23:30:00Z After the failure of the Ottomans' attempt to capture Vienna at the end of the 17th century, which revealed their technological backwardness, their main concern was to save the empire from collapse. Ottoman Past Shadows Turkey 2010-06-26T00:34:00Z Closure will lead to backwardness, and those who are backward will be beaten up. Is Google right to end China censorship? 2010-03-23T10:36:00Z Shortly after October’s elections, he accused United Russia of “backwardness,” admonishing the party for hamstringing elections with “bureaucratic intrigues and games.” Kremlin Sweeps Regional Elections 2010-03-15T19:30:00Z As for foreigners, they may also be subject to hasty judgment; blacks are often associated with backwardness and poverty, whites with money, advanced technology and even beauty. China's Changing Views on Race 2009-12-14T18:58:00Z Commentators furnish examples of backwardness and brutality from various parts of the Muslim world—and there are many—to highlight the grave threat we face. 2010-02-13T03:22:00Z "Tibet is now transforming from fast development to comprehensive development, from relative backwardness to total opening and from simple agriculture to a complex economy," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was quoted saying in People's Daily. 2010-01-23T04:36:00Z The backwardness of these regions is indeed almost unbelievable. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise "There!" said Peckover in uncomfortable justification of his backwardness, "you see we were not alone." A Poached Peerage “She told me I could come,” he answered, without any backwardness, yet with modesty. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec The wet and muddy trails, and the backwardness of all improvements, increased enormously the feeling of distrust among the colonists, and some began to loudly question the security of titles. Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers It must be remembered that I have introduced this disadvantageous representation of civil architecture, as a proof of general poverty and backwardness in the refinements of life. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 In our own State, where, of all the free States, the greatest illiteracy exists, there has been much backwardness in this matter. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them The farmer need not mourn over its backwardness, unless the season is a very extraordinary one, like those of 1816 and 1836. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes All His backwardness is gone; all shyness of becoming a public spectacle is gone. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II This is a great cause of the backwardness of Southern agriculture. An Artilleryman's Diary This astonishing vigour of imaginative writing was however accompanied by a corresponding backwardness in the application of the vernacular to the use of the exacter and more serious departments of letters. A Short History of French Literature Allan, 'backwardness in coming forward' was never one of thy failings! Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series If, however, he showed any reluctance, even backwardness, to the project, the very phrase he might employ to dissuade me would have its especial significance, and I could at once have something to reason upon. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The public by their backwardness afforded Pope the opportunity he professed to desire of dropping the work, but the patronage of an individual was sufficient encouragement. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition North American Stories.—Theriomorphic creators are most fully attested for the Red Indian tribes, whose very backwardness renders them so valuable to an anthropologist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" By these critics, their backwardness was contrasted with the flourishing condition of the Southern houses. Venerable Philippine Duchesne Responsibility for shortcomings and inadequacies relating to health care was attributed to backwardness on the part of the people or to the lack of resources. Area Handbook for Albania The cubs weren't troubled with a feeling of backwardness. Dusty Star The monarchy—and not the monarch of the soil—was the object of his loyalty; and he would have deemed himself disgraced and dishonoured had he shewn the slightest backwardness in his fealty. St. Patrick's Eve “Nobly, generously said, Mr. Bernard,” replied Virginia, “and now I have indeed mistaken Mr. Hansford's character if he fail to make atonement for his backwardness, by a full, free, and cordial reconciliation.” Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion The weakness and backwardness of certain states, specifically those in the zone of the Caribbean, lies at the heart of the difficulty. The United States and Latin America Gradually, however, backwardness, illiteracy, the absence of an educated clergy, and material inducements weakened resistance. Area Handbook for Albania And the same testimony to their backwardness in open battle reached me from all sides. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Posterior development of the cranium does not imply a corresponding backwardness in culture.... A Review of Hoffman's Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 1 Her incredulity in the opening scene with Iachimo, as to her husband’s infidelity, is much the same as Desdemona’s backwardness to believe Othello’s jealousy. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature You cannot imagine the industrial backwardness here, not only as compared with us but with Japan. Letters from China and Japan Gwen thought she could understand the gesture that made her pause, a sudden movement of the blind man's right hand as though it had been stung by the discovery of its own backwardness. When Ghost Meets Ghost It is true, that before the formal declaration of war by England, one might perhaps have alleged some plausible reason, to justify, in some degree, the backwardness in this great and interesting affair. A Collection of State-Papers, Relative to the First Acknowledgment of the Sovereignty of the United States of America The Republic was a curious mixture of enlightenment and oriental backwardness. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia It appears that late in life the good lady was distressed by the backwardness of her grandchildren at four or five years old. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen The backwardness of the Irish and their poverty are, in my opinion, due to their inferiority as a race of men. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule In some of its minor degrees even, this backwardness not infrequently excites the solicitude of parents. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases According to the testimony of his schoolfellow and biographer, M. de Bourrienne, he exhibited backwardness in every branch of education except mathematics, for which he showed a distinct natural bent. The Curse of Education The officer charged with the despatches, announcing this event, accuses our allies of having shown a backwardness and reluctance to assist in this siege, which has excited much indignation here. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX Anne had no backwardness in believing now, the deed was so exactly Lydia's. The Prisoner The backwardness of England in education used to make him wring his hands. War Letters of a Public-School Boy The progress made in subsequent years gives an appearance of backwardness to what was really a great advance upon previous opinion. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice It would be very easy to give particular instances of our backwardness. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies But we must recognize that their backwardness is not wholly due to prejudice. Introduction to the Science of Sociology The backwardness of our commercial rivals in industrial legislation was long made an argument against further advances among ourselves. Liberalism The matrimonial stampede swept caution and consequences into a general heap, and delivered a community of the backwardness that threatened to become a menace to posterity. Anderson Crow, Detective This mental inefficiency, however, is only a form—a definite form for once—of a more vague but more prevalent backwardness. Change in the Village Not but what, if you look into it, you'll find there's been a backwardness in doing one's duty somewhere about, yer know. The Giant's Robe Despite the immense advantage which the English adoption of German innovations in religion gave the country of Luther, that country's backwardness made imitation impossible. A History of Elizabethan Literature The backwardness of most of the world, the poverty of the underdeveloped countries, stemmed in large part from the impediments created by an ignorant population. Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 In matters spiritual there was also a corresponding backwardness. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter She scolds him for his backwardness in not more thoroughly sacrificing his leisure to her. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) He begins with an ironical description of the village of S—— in the Encartaciones, in which he depicts the simplicity of the inhabitants and their backwardness, in regard to the spirit of the age. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Men like to say, 'I am the Lord's!' but when the Lord wants to make practical use of His own, Oh, what backwardness to obey! Standards of Life and Service The one thing to criticize is the backwardness of the lives of the good folk of the isle and their enormous pieds plats. The Automobilist Abroad And who should not feel amazed at the backwardness of sinners to prepare for it—so free and beneficently offered? The Ordinance of Covenanting I have long shrunk from children, because they often show a distrust,—a backwardness to be familiar with me. The Scarlet Letter That the extreme position was not held was not the fault of the ships, but of backwardness in other undertakings of the nation. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life Some of you have tried to testify, and your very backwardness and fear have been holes in your bag through which the blessing has been lost. Standards of Life and Service Another cause of backwardness in England is the "license" system, with its artificial augmentation of the value of all premises where alcoholic refreshment is provided. The Automobilist Abroad The backwardness of the Prussians in supporting Coburg does not deter him from ordering to Flanders all the available British and mercenary troops, in order to besiege Dunkirk, and otherwise help the Imperialists. William Pitt and the Great War If Honour had meant really to rebuke him for his backwardness, then was he indeed the most blessed of men, but perhaps she was only mildly chaffing Charteris's friend. The Path to Honour The gogetter followed the brontosaurus to extinction, and we Americans with the foresight to carry on our businesses from new bases profited by the unAmerican backwardness of our competitors. Greener Than You Think He laments Islam's present backwardness, for he continues: "Modern Islam, with its hierarchy of priesthood, gross fanaticism, appalling ignorance, and superstitious practices is, indeed, a discredit to the Islam of the Prophet Mohammed." The New World of Islam She is in apprehension of an amourousness which I despair of displaying; I am ashamed of a backwardness which is her only comfort. The King's Mirror Those of us who bewail the political backwardness of our Fatherland must realize that a German victory would prolong this backward condition for centuries. There was a King in Egypt On his side there is no backwardness now; on hers no coyness, no mock modesty. The Death Shot A Story Retold Augustus Staveley, if he thought it worth his while to keep the lists at all, would not be allowed to ride through them unopposed from any backwardness on the part of his rival. Orley Farm As, however, we had no such treasure, and the meeting was unavoidable, and might be hostile, I put myself into a complete posture of defense, with a determination neither to show backwardness nor suspicion. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy To the general backwardness of southern agriculture there was one quite striking exception. History of the United States, Volume 4 So our backwardness in naval aviation is no new thing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 11, 1914 An example of the first attitude may be found in one of his letters, in which he describes the backwardness and idleness of Catholics who would not build a Birmingham in Italy. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens The proportion to which it survives in the medicine of any race is the measure of that race's barbarism and backwardness. Preventable Diseases Some of the people, who feared the Immortals, were dismayed and indignant at this backwardness; and the discontent at last grew universal. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection My midshipman’s life had neither disqualified nor disgusted me with the luxuries of the table; nor did I manifest the slightest backwardness or diffidence when invited by the gentlemen to take wine. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer The Felatahs, seeing their backwardness, made so desperate an attack that the Arabs gave way. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley He seems quite unconscious of the obvious truth, that the backwardness of Catholics was simply the refusal of Bob Cratchit to enter the house of Gradgrind. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens Her backwardness humiliates her parents, especially because she gave great promise until two years ago. Civics and Health But the value of Franklin's contribution to the treating is not to be measured either by his backwardness in supporting Jay in certain points, or by his firm attitude about boundaries, royalists, and fisheries. Benjamin Franklin Bud, with a boy's keenness, noticed her aversion, and put aside his own backwardness, entering into the contest with remarkably voluble replies. A Voice in the Wilderness This backwardness was, as I am told, actually the case of Pennsylvania, for some short time towards the beginning of the last war, owing to some internal dissensions in the colony. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 The barest enumeration of these demands is sufficient to reveal the political backwardness of the England of three-quarters of a century ago. The Governments of Europe Nervousness led in scholarship, in disorder, in absences, in truancy, and in backwardness. Civics and Health The backwardness of the States to bring money into the public treasury has increased rather than diminished. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) You are therefore to take it into serious consideration, and you will then be sensible of the effects this backwardness in payment may produce. London and the Kingdom - Volume II At times, however, the smaller hamlets, or collection of primitive habitations of the plateau, have an inexpressibly dreary and squalid aspect, the backwardness and poverty of their people being well stamped thereon. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Yet there was nothing else to indicate backwardness. Ten From Infinity Does failure or backwardness in studies lead to additional study hours or to regrading? b. Civics and Health Possibly he was swayed by Posh’s backwardness in the matter of account. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" The gentleman, being placed next to me by the chance of our billets, lost no time in opening the conversation, a step which my rustic backwardness would long have delayed. Simon Dale It is a significant trait of history that the times and nations most distinguished for piety are also most distinguished for backwardness. The Necessity of Atheism The younger female was my sister; but she, whether from motives of delicacy, or from any imagined backwardness on my part, did not think proper to kiss me. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia I mourn over my own backwardness to this exercise of duty, when I think of God’s willingness to save the vilest of the vile, according to the dispensations of his eternal grace and mercy. The Annals of the Poor I mourn over my own backwardness to this exercise of duty when I think of God’s willingness to save the vilest of the vile, according to the dispensations of his eternal grace and mercy. The Dairyman's Daughter Sawkins' men taunted him with "backwardness" in that engagement, and "stickled not to defame, or brand him with the note of cowardice." On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. Worry seemed not to be able to get over Ken's backwardness. The Young Pitcher But whilst I write, my own words condemn me—I am ashamed of my own indolence and backwardness to duty. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Give a white child and a colored child the same environment and their progress or backwardness, I hold, would be essentially the same under the same stimulants and encouragements. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro In proportion to the imperfectness of his culture and the backwardness and conservatism of his Church, he fights for miraculous interpositions in human events nineteen hundred years ago. The War and the Churches But the real explanation of Anglo-Saxon backwardness lies somewhat deeper. The Story of Newfoundland He began to thaw out, though he did not lose his backwardness. The Young Pitcher Just before his death, to show his sympathy for the part played by England in the War and his criticism of what he considered our backwardness, he became naturalized as a British citizen. Contemporary American Literature Bibliographies and Study Outlines Thoroughly ashamed of her backwardness in this matter, she made up her mind once for all that she was going to overcome her fear of the water and let herself be helped. The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping It was not improbable, he said, that these delays, and some other circumstances, might have impressed Mr. Morris with an idea of backwardness on the part of the British ministry. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The state of Pennsylvania too, chagrined at the loss of its capital, and forgetful of its own backwardness in strengthening the army, which had twice fought superior numbers in its defence, furnished many discontented individuals. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States He made acquaintances, slowly lost his backwardness, and presently found college life opening to him bright and beautiful. The Young Pitcher The Admiral says that, before they sailed, these men had been displaying a certain backwardness, so to speak. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Speaking of the backwardness of some of the colonies in paying their quota of the Confederate expenses, he recommends sending a frigate to make them more punctual. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Note the blue or black discolorations under the eye; the nervousness to get away from a crowd, and the extreme girlishness or backwardness when introduced into the company of ladies. Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc. The second in command thus had no liberty to repair either the oversights of his superior, or the results of obvious bad conduct in juniors; for Burrish's backwardness was observed throughout the rear. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy The truth was that Carrissima was prone to search for a variety of explanations for his backwardness, all more or less fantastic. Enter Bridget I felt much backwardness, and as though I could not pray, but a pressure upon me to arise and express myself by way of exhortation. Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman Some backwardness in learning to articulate is often noticed. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada A sort of backwardness on the subject, a desire to know more of it before communicating with others, strove with him against the dictates of his conscience, and he had as yet been dumb. The Days of Mohammed But he suppressed an election that appears to have been voluntary, and invented a scene, in which, by his own account, Richard met with nothing but backwardness and silence, that amounted to a refusal. Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third The Bolsheviks oppose self-government in industry every where, because it has failed in Russia, and their national self-esteem prevents them from admitting that this is due to the backwardness of Russia. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism This dreadful war is a logical outcome of their condition, their thought, their backwardness. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I I make this remark, not so much to reproach my Servian friends with backwardness, but to stimulate them to all easily practicable improvements. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. And in this we have another cause of the backwardness Christianity leaves humanity free to expand.and depression of Mohammedan society. Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans But for the backwardness of the spring,—for snow that year lay upon the mountains late into March,—the campaign doubtless would have been begun before. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain Why this backwardness, since exposure is necessary to ensure the avoidance of the evil? Pulpit and Press What impresses me through it all is the backwardness of all the Old World in realizing the true aims of government and the true methods. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I To the cold also they attribute the backwardness in growth of the coconut-tree, which is sometimes twenty or thirty years in coming to perfection, and often fails to produce fruit. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants She has been a good deal secluded, until quite lately, they say, on account of her father's death and brother's worse than death, which may account in part for any backwardness you may have observed. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II This was due, like so much else in Russia, to the backwardness of the industrial system. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy He was a young gentleman who did not suffer from excessive backwardness. Liza of Lambeth They furnished a vivid but rather aggravating explanation for the existing backwardness and chauvinism of the commonwealth. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I Some probable causes of this backwardness may be suggested. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants With your limited mechanical appliances, and backwardness of electrical science, you will perhaps have difficulty in realizing the practicability of such a construction. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah In consequence of the backwardness of the nation from the point of view of industrial development, the bourgeoisie was correspondingly backward and weak. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy Intelligent Mahomedans are conscious that all this is to a great extent the result of the backwardness of their community, but hardships are none the less hardships because they are largely of one's own making. Indian Unrest The American from other parts of the country is rather shocked when he first learns of the backwardness of education in the South a generation ago. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I "Who is to drive you, Miss Rolleston?" asked she, suspecting, from his backwardness in coming forward, that the object of her intentions might be engaged there. Bluebell A Novel I prize the privilege of prayer; But O, what backwardness to pray: Though on the Lord I cast my care, I feel its burden every day. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. "Fifteen paces," if you please-- said the student, sarcastically, with a conviction of the backwardness of his opponent to meet him. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One The younger female was my sister; but she, whether from motives of delicacy or from any imagined backwardness on my part, did not think proper to kiss me. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 Bad eyesight has been urged for years as a cause of backwardness and incorrigibility in school children. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers We had, if I am not mistaken, a minister at that court, who might try its temper, and recede and advance as he found backwardness or encouragement. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) In the Central Provinces the elections themselves were fought out on much the same lines as in the north and with very similar results, if allowance is made for the intellectual backwardness of the province. India, Old and New Nevertheless the backwardness of the colony was attributed to the Negro. The Negro Those two writers can never be accused of having nothing to say, or of backwardness in saying it. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years This backwardness was, as I am told, actually the case of Pennsylvania for some short time towards the beginning of the last war, owing to some internal dissensions in that colony. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) China's weakness is not due wholly to backwardness in the arts and sciences. The Awakening of China I was told that millionaires and presidents of trusts were chiefly responsible for any backwardness of public spirit in the United States. Your United States Impressions of a first visit I thought that he was going to remonstrate with me for my backwardness. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader In each case wars have been entailed in the process, and, as we know, the backwardness of Germany at this period has been visited upon the rest of Europe tenfold in recent times. The Unity of Civilization It is doubtful whether the backwardness of the north can be solely attributed to its climatic inferiority. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Physical wakness and mental backwardness had made him the despair of Augustus: he was the fool of the family, kept in the background, and noticed by none. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Any delay in its appearance is apt to imply a backwardness in development of mind or of body. The Nervous Child Some of them, after a good deal of backwardness and seeming fear, ventured to go on board the Heenskirk, which was the consort of his own vessel, named the Zee-Haan. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 The political backwardness of the Irish people revealed itself characteristically when, in 1884, the English and Irish democracies were simultaneously endowed with a greatly extended franchise. Ireland In The New Century When we met in 1836, after three years' separation, I was struck by his backwardness in political knowledge. France in the Nineteenth Century It was only for lonely martyrdom that he never thought himself ready, and few historians have a right to throw the first stone at him for his backwardness. John Knox and the Reformation Delay in this change, in this putting aside of the infantile habit of body, is commonly associated with a corresponding backwardness in the mental development. The Nervous Child Hitherto she had been both distressed and annoyed by his backwardness in making up to anybody. The Divine Fire The smallness of his holding, the lack of capital, and the backwardness of his methods made him helpless in competition with his rivals abroad. Ireland In The New Century The good little lady was armed cap-a-pie by seven-fifteen, at which time a glance into Carlisle's room revealed much backwardness there, not concealed by the appearances of haste. V. V.'s Eyes I had two or three incipient love affairs which my backwardness kept from growing serious. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy Nor does the poet "Refuse to follow farther yet I' the backwardness, repine if tree and flower, Mountain or streamlet were my dwelling-place Before I gained enlargement, grew mollusc." Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher There was no hesitation or faltering in his step, and the two youths pressed after him, ashamed of their moment's backwardness. In the Days of Chivalry In fact, the extreme backwardness of the people with regard to knowledge of, and obedience to, the simplest sanitary laws is a great aggravation of both their necessary and unnecessary ills. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 My midshipman's life had neither disqualified nor disgusted me with the luxuries of the table; nor did I manifest the slightest backwardness or diffidence when invited by the gentlemen to take wine. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer It is true, but certainly you do not think because I see the backwardness, the blindness of some women, I do not see the forwardness, the vision of others? People Like That The two universities presented their money and plate to King Charles, but one cause of his misfortunes was the backwardness of some of his friends in lending him money. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History The most ingenious sophist could hardly maintain that strenuous anti-slavery voters, who had been angry with the government for backwardness in the emancipation policy, ought now to manifest their discontent by voting the Democratic ticket. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II Indeed, in every way Captain Sutter's environment and the results of his enterprises were in significant contrast to the inactivity and backwardness of his neighbors. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado These may shape themselves in a hundred ways, regardless of the material advancement or backwardness of the people that handle the forms, of which, it need hardly be said, they are in the main unconscious. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech Municipal jealousies, intellectual backwardness, would disappear, and, when that happened, nothing could prevent the accomplishment of the object which was the passionate desire of all—emancipation. Cavour We had long conjectured, that the non-arrival of supplies must be owing either to accident or delays in the voyage, and not to any backwardness on the part of government in sending them out. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. The plain truth was that in the first place, by backwardness in bringing on the battle, McClellan had left Lee to effect a concentration of forces which ought never to have been permitted. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II In a remarkably brief period the Soviet Union has moved from a position of cultural backwardness to become the number two nation in productivity and perhaps even number one in fire power. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History He had the prudence, but not the backwardness, of a man of large knowledge, and considerable experience of the world. The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 A new power was beginning to appear on the horizon, with such modesty and backwardness that none could as yet discern it, least of all could the king. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 No less significant is the circumstance that when the coy backwardness happens to be on the side of a female, she is usually a woman of masculine habits, devoted to Diana and the chase. Primitive Love and Love-Stories She shot little twinkling glances across at him all the time, and it seemed to me that she was amused at his backwardness, and that she tried by what she said to give him heart. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales "Whoever is eager to find excuses for vice and folly, will find his own backwardness to practise them much diminished." The Grammar of English Grammars There is a real sense in which one can call such backwardness barbaric; by comparison with the Kaiserstrasse; and in that sense it is true of Russia. The Appetite of Tyranny Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian The prudent hesitation and backwardness of Holland had at last yielded to the pressure of England. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 Girlish shyness and modest backwardness are altogether foreign to her nature…. Primitive Love and Love-Stories As this was declining beforehand all subordinate office, an excessive modesty could hardly have been the cause of his backwardness at this juncture. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 Beginning with an exposition of the South's comparative backwardness in economic development, he showed a twofold working of the institution of slavery as the cause. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Some foreign critics and some critics at home are very severe upon the backwardness of the labor movement in the United States, and in these criticisms there is a large element of truth. The Trade Union Woman His only backwardness is to a stave after dinner, seeing that he never dines; for he sings for bread, and though corn has ears, sings very commonly in vain. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827 The two squires would infallibly ruin him upon the least appearance of backwardness on his part, as they were accustomed to do every inferior that resisted their will. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are If, in the latter stages of the Emancipation effort, the backwardness of the Administration was an evil omen, making final success a difficult achievement, this was balanced by reform in Parliament. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 The statistical theme of the South's backwardness was used by many other essayists in the period for indicting the slaveholding régime. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Macedonia's geographical isolation, technological backwardness, and potential political instability place it far down the list of countries of interest to Western investors. The 1993 CIA World Factbook You may perhaps remember how Wendell Phillips, in his great Harvard address on "The Scholar and the Republic" reproached some men of learning for their conservatism and timidity, their backwardness in reform. James Otis, the pre-revolutionist In particular, the Community shall aim at reducing the disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least-favoured regions, including rural areas. The Treaty of the European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992 This man professed, in all other respects, to admire and imitate Saturninus; only he found fault with him for backwardness and want of spirit in his designs. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Nevertheless, it was not in him to show backwardness. The Woodlanders Prospects for foreign trade and investment in the 1990s remain poor, however, because of the small size of the economy, its technological backwardness, and its remoteness. The 1993 CIA World Factbook Macedonia's geographical isolation, technological backwardness, and political instability place it far down the list of countries of interest to Western investors. The 1992 CIA World Factbook In spite of his backwardness Robert had a fund of remarkably accurate scientific and other information which a mature person might envy. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology I have long shrunk from children, because they often show a distrust—a backwardness to be familiar with me. The Scarlet Letter Her backwardness may be not because she is slow to develop, but because she soon exhausted her capacity for developing.' A Pair of Blue Eyes Willoughby's behaviour in taking leave of them, his embarrassment, and affectation of cheerfulness, and, above all, his unwillingness to accept her mother's invitation, a backwardness so unlike a lover, so unlike himself, greatly disturbed her. Sense and Sensibility If a much smaller core Muslim state survives, it will share many Third World problems of poverty, technological backwardness, and dependence on historically soft foreign markets for its primary products. The 1992 CIA World Factbook You women haven't risen yet--it's an evidence of the backwardness of your sex--to a conception of the Bismarck idea in diplomacy. The Rise of Silas Lapham He, too, was sorry then that, owing to her backwardness, he had not observed her; and with that in his mind he left the pasture. Tess of the d'Urbervilles In justice, however, to our backwardness in receiving any new spiritual truth, there are some explanations. Love's Final Victory There is a curious and striking contrast in Balzac between the backwardness in the expression of his literary genius, and the early development and crystallisation of his character and powers of mind in other directions. Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings It is just here, if anywhere, that a special backwardness on the part of the clergy to meet the religious wants of the age may, without injustice or unkindness, be alleged. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 You may remember the backwardness with which I first received their approaches; the very name of Percy had become ominously painful to me, and yet it inspired me with a strange and undefinable interest. Theresa Marchmont Or, the Maid of Honour A Tale The weakness and backwardness of a child displeases its mother, but she does not for that reason love it less. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales Perhaps there was room for this backwardness until now; but now we are at the very crisis, and such an attitude is possible no longer. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 There was either innocence, or backwardness, or ennui to overcome: in any case, victory would be a triumph over a kitchenful of adepts, and here was a chance of victory. The Forest Lovers The consequences of this backwardness are very hurtful to their interests. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Moreover, the sheer weight of their agricultural sectors and the backwardness of their infrastructure can force a reluctant EU to reform its inanely bloated farm and regional aid subsidies, notably the Common Agricultural Policy. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism Unamuno says, apropos of the backwardness of Spaniards in the field of invention: "Other nations can do the inventing." Youth and Egolatry The several States discovered much backwardness in complying with the requisitions of Congress, so that there was reason to apprehend that the number of troops necessary for besieging New York could not be procured. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched But Patrick, for all his economic backwardness, has a soul. The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity You speak, sir, of the 'backwardness' of persons to appear in defence of Miss Monk's book. Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published Moreover, the sheer weight of their agricultural sectors and the backwardness of their infrastructure can force a reluctant EU to reform its inanely bloated farm and regional aid subsidies, notably the Common Agricultural Policy. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism A changeling may always be recognized by its peevishness and backwardness in learning to walk and speak. Early European History Even the frigates that were armed had but a third, at most, of their crews on board, so many having deserted owing to the backwardness of their pay. When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire Should you show any backwardness in so doing, I shall deem it necessary to appeal to the English ambassador. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece A large proportion of our foreign trade is based on the backwardness of our foreign customers. My Life and Work Yet in spite of all this backwardness in invention, the city is full of beautiful workmanship in every branch of artificing, and the Venetians are still the best sailors in the Adriatic. Venetian Life Yet Germany found some compensation for political backwardness in the splendid city life which it developed during the later Middle Ages. Early European History When our two friends met the next morning, the count began to bewail the misfortune of his captivity, and the backwardness of friends to assist each other in their necessities. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction A philosophical treatise is wanting, of the causes of the backwardness with which persons after a certain time of life set about writing a letter. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 Selfishness is a motive that would preserve that backwardness. My Life and Work I have in one of the preceding articles alluded to the backwardness of our reductions. Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy This unwise policy very largely accounts for the economic backwardness of Mexico, Peru, and other Spanish- American countries at the present day. Early European History But I knew that if I showed any sign of want of spirit or of backwardness, I should be ruined at once. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction Why this backwardness, since exposure is necessary, to ensure the avoidance of the evil? Pulpit and Press (6th Edition) Under Dr Glennie he had made but little progress; and it was chiefly in consequence of his backwardness that he was removed from his academy. The Life of Lord Byron To say nothing of the loss, from ill health, of the services of most efficient assistants, I am certain that the quantity of current work will amply explain any backwardness. Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy Nothing marks more strongly the backwardness of the early Middle Ages than the absence of large and flourishing cities throughout western Europe. Early European History In Malone's correspondence are complaints of the backwardness of the members of the Literary Club 'to pay the amounts nominally subscribed by them.' Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 We have had a bloodless campaign, but not from backwardness in our troops, but for the most creditable reason that can be—want of resolution in the enemy to encounter us. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 Hence the backwardness and torpor of the Teutonic race in its original seat, while elsewhere it led the world. Lectures and Essays It was not alone his glasses that lent him a scholarly appearance; he had the stooped shoulders, the thoughtful intensity of gaze, the gentle, hesitating backwardness of a book-raised man. Going Some Then, again, through what the ultra-Presbyterians regarded as the Erastian backwardness of Parliament, those offences for which the parochial or other Church-judicatories might inflict even spiritual censures had been very strictly defined. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 One explanation of this backwardness is that until recently many have believed that the Negro would die out under freedom. Problems in American Democracy There have been a few cases, very few, where backwardness has meant to the ruling power the need for a program of forwardness, a program with definite standards and definite estimates of time. Public Opinion Celtic independence greatly contributed to the general perpetuation of anarchy in Scotland, to the backwardness of Scotch civilization, and to the abortive weakness of the Parliamentary institutions. Lectures and Essays If you think I have done wrong in coming thus far to quit you again, Captain, I will own the reason of the act, without shame or backwardness. The Prairie The reasons for this relative backwardness are not hard to ascertain. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Despite the backwardness of Negro schools, great progress has been made in the matter of decreasing Negro illiteracy. Problems in American Democracy Far more frequently, so frequently in fact as to seem the rule, backwardness has been conceived as an intrinsic and eternal mark of inferiority. Public Opinion We considered that, in view of the backwardness of the provinces, the time for such a course had not yet arrived. From October to Brest-Litovsk Amid much which causes one to mourn for the backwardness of this country, here is the bright jewel in her crown. Round the World To investigate all the reasons for the political backwardness of these eastern peoples would carry us far afield. Medieval Europe Recently a number of influences are counteracting this relative backwardness. Problems in American Democracy Even allowing for the backwardness of the slum, it was clear that a child that had not yet grown its dog-teeth was not "fourteen," for they should have been cut at twelve at the latest. The Making of an American There will not then be that backwardness to do good, and to receive God, as there is in these more dry and empty days of the gospel. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 All the time she knew well enough that she loved Dirk, and, however strange might be his backwardness in speaking out his mind, that he loved her. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch I cannot help pointing out the grave consequences of this backwardness of England, which has arisen from the fact that you have never taken any ideas or theories, not even your own, seriously. Thoughts out of Season Part I An important reason for the backwardness of the coöperative movement in this country is that American workmen "make, rather than save money," whereas coöperation requires thrift, and a willingness to practice small economies. Problems in American Democracy He simply looked and looked, and there was something beautiful to me in his shame and backwardness and hesitation. The Motormaniacs As illustrating the backwardness of our Italian fellow-citizens in coming forward when the criminality of one of their countrymen is at stake, the last three cases of kidnapping in New York City may be mentioned. Courts and Criminals Thomas Hewson and his associates made a poor figure in their return; they were publicly reproved for their backwardness. The Old English Baron: a Gothic Story But in decency, we cannot show any backwardness; it does not look well. A Siren The chief explanation of this relative backwardness is that the extension of labor legislation in this country has met with considerable opposition. Problems in American Democracy Her incredulity in the opening scene with Iachimo, as to her husband's infidelity, is much the same as Desdemona's backwardness to believe Othello's jealousy. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays If we do not keep constantly ahead of our enemies in the development of new weapons, we pay for our backwardness with the life's blood of our sons. State of the Union Address If it's anything about my qualifications," he said, thinking he had found the reason of her backwardness, "I don't fancy I'll have any trouble to satisfy you. Love, the Fiddler Nothing now remains to be overcome but a sort of unaccountable backwardness that I find in myself towards your notions. Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous He was conscious of his hobbledehoyhood,—of that backwardness on his part in assuming manhood which had rendered him incapable of making himself acceptable to Lily before she had fallen into the clutches of Crosbie. The Small House at Allington Tis like the great things foretold of me, this having of Queens within the very grasp, swinging to and fro as if to taunt backwardness!' The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 3 She even quelled the sensuality of her self-surrender, and veiled it with a show of shame-faced backwardness and the adorable ingenuousness of a schoolgirl on her honeymoon. The Malady of the Century The Catholic religion, among other causes, contributes to the backwardness and barbarism of Ireland. Peter Plymley's Letters, and selected essays Faith, the Tsar Has shown such backwardness in answering me, Time meanwhile trotting, that I have ample ground For such withdrawal.—Madame, now, again, Will your Archduchess marry me of no? The Dynasts As to your question why the scattholds remain undivided, the general backwardness of improvement, and want of agricultural skill and capital, are the immediate causes. Second Shetland Truck System Report Why did she taunt me With backwardness in love? The Hunchback Christly warning Why this backwardness, since exposure is necessary to ensure the avoidance of the evil? Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures He betrayed neither fear nor backwardness himself; but it was apparent by the glances cast at him by the warriors, that fierce passions were struggling in their bosoms. The Deerslayer I speak with all the respect due to your position, when I ask you to realize how irreparable is the injury you inflict upon the cause here by this lukewarm backwardness.' A Laodicean : a Story of To-day I had hoped to have fulfilled Friedel's trust, and to have redeemed my own backwardness; but it is not to be. The Dove in the Eagle's Nest There was the case of Mang Chih-fan, who boldly brought up the rear of the defeated troops of Lu, and attributed his occupying the place of honour to the backwardness of his horse. The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 It was but the other day she confessed to me her backwardness to speak in the way of instruction to women as old as her mother. Hard Cash The backwardness of the indigenous life of Africa shows how an equatorial position retards evolution. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America There was a little backwardness in the bill-paying of the couple; but in justice to them it must be added that sooner or later all owings were paid. A Changed Man; and other tales That part of the country was, no doubt, very much ashamed of its backwardness in this respect, but as yet nothing had been done to remedy the evil. The Last Chronicle of Barset Eighteen political children of various sizes and stages of advancement, or backwardness, were born of Spain in America, and one acknowledged the maternity of Portugal. Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors In all relating to that she showed an indescribable backwardness, which later on was well remembered. The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid There was a disposition to lecture the whites about their sins in regard to slavery and to point out to them how far in their general ignorance and backwardness they fell short of enlightened people. The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states But Ikey was timid, and his hopes remained insoluble in the menstruum of his backwardness and fears. The Four Million The presence and remarks of Willarski who continually deplored the ignorance and poverty of Russia and its backwardness compared with Europe only heightened Pierre's pleasure. War and Peace In the meantime Paraguay, spared from such convulsion as racked its neighbor on the east, dragged on its secluded existence of backwardness and stagnation. Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors And that if cricket and football were introduced into China, the Chinese would soon emerge out of their backwardness and barbarism and take a high place among the enlightened nations of the world. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches But when it came also to rebuilding the city, which was wholly demolished, despondency seized the multitude, and a backwardness to engage in a work for which they had no materials. The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls The young man was living in the widow De Cusco's hotel, an establishment mounted, as they say now, not at the height, but at the depth of the superlative backwardness of the town. Dona Perfecta "But a large number of monasteries and churches is always a sign of the backwardness of a people," said Napoleon, turning to Caulaincourt for appreciation of this remark. War and Peace |
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