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For Dang, having a Westerner on board could help attract more money, a person familiar with the situation said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
As John E. Echohawk, executive director of the Native American Rights Fund, told the New York Times’ Adam Liptak: “He’s the only Westerner on the court. He knows these issues. He knows these tribes.”
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
"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
When I read this, the very first thing that cross my mind is to congratulate the best insight about China from a westerner, Prof. Martin Jacques.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 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
Which is to say that when an easterner performs music written by a westerner, it can have its own special meaning.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2016
“What shall we do?” was the question put by the westerner to the detectives.
From The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview by Bonehill, Ralph
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