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  • This is part of the understanding of a Pakistani's perspective rather than a westerner's perspective of what if a dictator or a military general wearing a uniform was to roll into Washington D.C. and seize control.

    Dan Lybarger: A Complicated Legacy: Duane Baughman on Bhutto Dan Lybarger 2011

  • This is part of the understanding of a Pakistani's perspective rather than a westerner's perspective of what if a dictator or a military general wearing a uniform was to roll into Washington D.C. and seize control.

    Dan Lybarger: A Complicated Legacy: Duane Baughman on Bhutto Dan Lybarger 2011

  • This is part of the understanding of a Pakistani's perspective rather than a westerner's perspective of what if a dictator or a military general wearing a uniform was to roll into Washington D.C. and seize control.

    Dan Lybarger: A Complicated Legacy: Duane Baughman on Bhutto Dan Lybarger 2011

  • Very tellingly, a westerner's typical fantasy of escape is usually very horizontal, being on an island for example, whereas the Chinese transcendence is vertical, flying, or being on a mountain, being in total control of what is beneath you, i.e. the definition of success is to master your surroundings, or really, to master society's rules and hierarchy.

    Tom Doctoroff: China's New Middle Class: Constants and Variables 2010

  • Readers fascinated by a westerner's take on life in a Muslim culture will do well to read such stories as "A Distant Episode," "Pages from Cold Point," "The Time of Friendship," and the fable, "The Hyena."

    Regina Weinreich: Remembering Paul Bowles Regina Weinreich 2010

  • Readers fascinated by a westerner's take on life in a Muslim culture will do well to read such stories as "A Distant Episode,""Pages from Cold Point,""The Time of Friendship," and the fable, "The Hyena."

    Regina Weinreich: Remembering Paul Bowles Regina Weinreich 2010

  • It was a westerner's take on Mumbai, and living in India, I found some parts of the film especially the portions where the actors speak english quite laughable.

    Gran Torino Ed Howard 2009

  • Here's another westerner's take on betel nut, a popular recreational stimulant in Southern Asian and Pacific countries.

    Boing Boing: January 16, 2005 - January 22, 2005 Archives 2005

  • CAUTION TO US EDITORS: As a southerner I have always shared the westerner's suspicion of railroads.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

  • "How about you?" asked Bud, for Dick had followed the real westerner's habit of looking first to his steed.

    The Boy Ranchers on the Trail Willard F. Baker

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