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...didn’t stop, and we didn’t go backwards??it’s really going to help us launch into next season,” freshman Jennifer VanderMeulen said...
...backwards?? attitude sometimes projected toward the developing world, one that has plagued American foreign policy for over a century, has become obsolete. In the end, subjective standards underline the semantic distinction between developed and developing—which suggests a dominance of the former’s culture, as well as its economic system and political activities. It is this complex that likely invites anti-American hostility from abroad. But so as long as we acknowledge our own faults, failures, and weaknesses, and maintain respect for others’ political and cultural sovereignties, countries will see no need...
...urban area, a conservative or a liberal enclave, and so on—your culture affects your outlook on life. It’s valuable to meet people with diverse experiences—perhaps even more valuable for the streetwise New Yorker to meet a “backwards?? Iowan than to meet a cosmopolitan Londoner...
Council Secretary Jason L. Lurie ’05 offered a different objection to the bill, saying that this would be a “step-backwards?? in terms of removing the council from overt political stances. Lurie cited examples of position papers passed by previous councils that admonished the invasion of Kuwait in the first Gulf War, apartheid in South Africa and the purchasing of grapes farmed by migrant workers...
...government is “bending over backwards?? in its efforts to ensure that rights are not infringed upon, according to Blunkett...