51.   The bigger obstacle may be whether marketing alone can overpower Western standards of beauty that are already entrenched even among pre-teens.

52.   The final, phantasmagoric segment wonders what a woman who gains a measure of independence by Western standards, is finally winning.

53.   The current games are different in that Russian medical resources are significantly below Western medical standards.

54.   The first telephone company in the region to be sold to a foreign company, Matav also has made the most progress upgrading its network to western standards.

55.   The distinctions between supposedly valid and bogus forms of qigong are inherently blurry, because every sect has masters claiming what by Western standards are supernatural powers.

56.   The result is a slalom between ideals of beauty, with Western standards prevailing most of the time and the kimono emerging only for special occasions.

57.   The Russian stock market is minuscule by Western standards and has little impact in the lives of most ordinary Russians.

58.   The plant, though old by Western standards, produced modern radial-ply tires in relatively large quantities, a rarity in China.

59.   The staff is paid very little by Western standards.

60.   They also pledged to reduce their debt-equity ratios so that they would be closer to Western standards.