colonial

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In 1878, confronting the lowest prices for pig iron since colonial times, American ironmasters wondered if the smokestacks on their idled blast furnaces might serve a higher use as astronomical observatories.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

"You're selling back the access to the people," he says, adding that he believes this takes the country back to a kind of "colonial logic".

From BBC • May 20, 2026

It traces Chizuko's travels and gastronomic adventures across the colonial outpost, and the intimate relationship she develops with her Taiwanese interpreter Chizuru.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

He told the BBC that as a former British colony, Kenya's relationship with France was different because it was not shaped by the same colonial history as West African countries.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

But colonial life in Virginia, like much of America’s early society, was modeled on English fashion and customs.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis