Asia's emerging economies are achieving and in some cases surpassing western incomes, while maintaining far smaller governments than those in Europe and even the United States.

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Mr. Murphy said his salesrooms in New York and London also saw a 31% uptick in registered Asian bidders this season a sign that some Asian collectors may be migrating to Western art categories while values for Asian art recalibrate.

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My job is to teach undergraduates to think critically and express themselves articulately while introducing them to some of the big ideas and seminal texts of the Western academic tradition.

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Western governments say Turkish practice is haphazard, letting some illegal entrants in while using arbitrary force to keep others out.

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Some Chinese companies will do so by purchasing well-known Western firms, while others will use the celebrity of established figures to build their brand organically.

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While Western diplomats are generally comfortable with Mr. Sharif's return to power, some analysts cautioned that his assurances shouldn't be taken at face value.

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Some Western oil companies, including BP, agreed to turn over a controlling interest to PdVSA, while others such as Exxon Mobil Corp.

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While in Makhachkala, Tamerlan Tsarnaev nearly got into a fight with some young men at the mosque who questioned his Western clothing, his father recalled.

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