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Here is the quintessential Westerner about to transform himself from Honest Abe the rail-splitter into Father Abraham, the avuncular statesman capable of handling the looming crisis over disunion and slavery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The standard explanation is that Gorsuch is a Westerner who spent his childhood in Colorado and his lower court career adjudicating many “Indian law” cases on the U.S.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2023
“Tunnels” touches on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as no Westerner could, complete with an afterword that examines the role of storytelling via religion and archaeology in the region.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
"I'm not a Westerner, I'm a Chinese traditionalist," he says with a laugh.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2021
The African sense of immediate family is far different from that of the European or Westerner.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Back then, it was really unusual to see a westerner wearing a mask.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2020
"What they taught was so defined by Tibetan history and culture that I increasingly found the practices and so forth didn’t mesh with my yearnings, my longings, my needs as a westerner."
From Scientific American ● Oct. 29, 2017
“As a westerner, Ryan understands the challenges of having the federal government as your largest neighbor and I couldn’t think of a better fit for Secretary of the Interior.”
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2016
He is the first westerner in his sect of master yogis to be ordained as a Mahant, or commander, with the authority to raise his own troops.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2013
The Millers were counted a little above the average westerner in their method of living.
From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.
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