Da Gama and Albuquerque began a movement, which still continues, to "westernize" Asia by opening it up to. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
• Worked numerous jobs to learn skills • Sought to "westernize" Russia. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
VARGAS: And they ` re starting to try to westernize their eyes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2005] Reference
Bush's plan to westernize Iraq may be occurring faster than anticipated. From Wordnik.com. [Buddy Winston: Briefing] Reference
Daniel blogs on the widespread perception that Asians can westernize more easily than westerners can Asianize. From Wordnik.com. [Sunday, April 30, 2006, Taiwan Blog Round Up] Reference
Are you in anyway familiar with the argument of we need not westernize this or that, we need to know we are Africans. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference
I am trying to devise a way to make the tunic style dress and westernize the scarf piece so that it will suit our climate and lifestyle here. From Wordnik.com. [What Women Are Saying About Clothing Today] Reference
Ten or fifteen years ago when China was at the beginning of its economic development, most people preferred to westernize and forget the past. From Wordnik.com. [Diane Wei Liang - An interview with author] Reference
At the very least, all non-Western immigrants to Britain and America should be told prior to their arrival that our intention is to westernize them. From Wordnik.com. [RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com] Reference
Early in the film, the suggestion is made that China must westernize or die; Aunt 13 offers Wong a Western suit, but he refuses to wear it, yet at the end of the film, he appears wearing a suit. From Wordnik.com. [Kung Fu Night! Once Upon a Time in China] Reference
So we are at work now in developing and adjusting these pictures so as to show these individuals in ways that they would look without the extra facial hair, and if they were to westernize their appearance. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 21, 2002] Reference
Presumably to “obliterate” Iran and its tens of millions of inhabitants the majority of whom want to westernize and assume normal relations with the U.S. — or at least did as of yesterday means to use nuclear weapons against them. From Wordnik.com. [Win or Lose, the Bills Still Need to Be Paid - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
The political elite in England either do not believe this is true because they believe that the muslims will gradually westernize, or do not have the guts for a fight to protect their own culture and the Jews that have contributed to it. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
"The political elite in England either do not believe this is true because they believe that the muslims will gradually westernize, or do not have the guts for a fight to protect their own culture and the Jews that have contributed to it.". From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The Vietnamese came in with a much stronger motivation to westernize, probably because of their exposure to the west, and probably formal education, at least the group who came, was a much higher priority of families, so you see more Vietnamese going to school. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Raleigh Bailey, December 6, 2000. Interview K-0270. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Apparently American Wikipedia decided to westernize his last and first name. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
Dil Raju has tried to westernize the original content by setting the story in the US. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Also, going full nuclear would cause a oil producing countries to westernize and innovate. From Wordnik.com. [WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook] Reference
What I tried to do was take this fabric that was very traditionally African and westernize it in a way. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Dy. - 1689 became czar • Determined to westernize - Borrow EU tech. for mil. - 1st goal reorganize army - Formed. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Palaniappan Chidambaram, who in two turns as finance minister did perhaps the most to westernize India's economy, might lose his seat. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
Naturally, Afghans (who're mostly Muslim) have more of an affinity for the Taliban than for the Wilsonians who're attempting to westernize them. From Wordnik.com. Reference
That said, both appear to be working hard to globalize -- and in the case of North America -- westernize their brands for the U.S. and Canadian markets. From Wordnik.com. [RCR Wireless News >> Wireless Technology] Reference
I agree and simultaneously think that to move on, the "black man" should westernize (meaning education), but still remember their roots, history and culture, but not use it as an excuse. From Wordnik.com. [News24 Top Stories] Reference
The provenance of the painting reflects Peter's drive to westernize that revolutionized Russia and its relations with the world: It comes on loan from Queen Elizabeth II's personal collection. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Eagerness to westernize Japan reached the entertainment industry when a group of critics who were concerned with Kabuki's coarseness and failure to represent western ideals asked for the theater to reform. From Wordnik.com. Reference
However, China has such a huge population; if we don't contaminate milk powder but rather totally westernize the purification process, Chinese won't have enough milk to drink even if we are able to milk all the bulls around the world. From Wordnik.com. [China Digital Times (CDT)] Reference
Where the United States sees a policy of engaging China and seeking to encourage a constructive Chinese role within the international system, many PLA officers see a policy aimed at containing and weakening China in order to westernize and split it up. From Wordnik.com. [#39;s Big Feed]
Clinton's lavish applause for Fayyad, who has spent most of his adult life in the U.S., was a continuation of a U.S. policy of trying to westernize the PA and build up confidence for moderate leaders who want to create a new Arab state in all of Judea, Samaria and Gaza through international pressure on Israel instead of through terrorism. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It's been a long tradition that Asian people to, "westernize their names. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2009] Reference
Do you think it’s an attempt to ‘westernize’ it, since Americans looove sugar?. From Wordnik.com. [Pansy | The Anime Blog] Reference
5) A prototypical CIA asset, the Shah used his iron torturer's hand to "westernize" the country and make it more user-friendly to US oil interests. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman: Facing the Bushes' Iranian Whirlwind] Reference
4) A prototypical CIA asset, the Shah used his iron torturer's hand to "westernize" the country and make it more user-friendly to US oil interests. From Wordnik.com. [Facing the Bushes' Iranian Whirlwind] Reference
The GOP’s long-term goal in the middle-east, as derived by observing their past activity there, is to de-westernize the region first Iran and now Iraq and to create more fundamentalist muslims, to feed their hatred for America. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Fox News Pundit: Civil War In Iraq Is ‘Positive,’ Shows America Is ‘Winning’] Reference
I would argue for a withdrawal, to start immediately, as most historians that have studied the middle east and its gov’t will tell you, there have been many attempts to “westernize” or “democratize” different countries in the middle east. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Santorum: We Found the WMD] Reference
It will help the country of Malawi westernize. From Wordnik.com. [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference
We're not there to westernize. From Wordnik.com. [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference
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