Word: occidental
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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A highlight of the tour proved to be a subtle blend of Occident and Orient: the world premiere in Madras, India, of Symphony No. 13 by California-born Henry Cowell, a composer who has perched for many of his 62 years like an elfin Janus atop the steep divide between...
* Unlike their neighbors in Jodhpur, the natives of Jaipur have never succeeded in popularizing their local trouser-style in the Occident. As a matter of fact, even in Jaipur, the only people who wear jaipurs are babies.
East and West are pleasantly entwined at the Martin Book in "The Tea House of the August Moon." David Wayne is oriental and John Forsythe upholds the occident.
These differences are changing even now. In recent centuries, the Orient has stressed dependance and detachment more than the Occident, but now the East has taken possession of the power techniques of the West, and is adopting much of Western ideology.
The International Council aims to create the conditions for world peace through the spread of education throughout the world. Whatmough, a member of the Permanent International Committee of Linguists, is currently writing a non-technical book on language to aid the organization. He feels that the Orient and the Occident...