East West (or East and West) may refer to:
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East–West dichotomy
In sociology, the East–West dichotomy is the perceived difference between the Eastern world, Eastern and the Western world, Western worlds. Culture, Cultural and religion, religious rather than geography, geographical in division, the boundar ...
, the contrast between Eastern and Western society or culture
Arts and entertainment
Books, journals and magazines
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East, West'', an anthology of short stories written by Salman Rushdie
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''East and West'' (book), a 1998 book by Christopher Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong
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Philosophy East and West'', an international, interdisciplinary academic journal
*''East and West'', a quarterly English-language journal published 1950 to 2009 by the
Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente
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Ost und West'', a German magazine
Film, TV and theatre
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East and West (film)'', a 1923 Austrian silent film
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East/West'' (also known as ''Est-Ouest''), a 1999 film by Régis Wargnier
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East West Players, an Asian American theatre organization
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East West 101'', an Australian television drama series
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Purab Aur Paschim'' (East and West), a 1970 Bollywood movie
Music
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''East-West'' (The Butterfield Blues Band album), 1966
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''East West'' (Julia Fordham album), 1997
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''East West'' (East West album), 2003
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''East/West'' (album), 2005, by Bill Frisell
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East West (band), a Christian metal band
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''East and West'' (album), a 1963 jazz album by Toshiko Akiyoshi and Charlie Mariano
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East West Records
East West Records (stylized as east''west'') is a record label formed in 1955, distributed and owned by Warner Music Group, headquartered in New York City.
History
After its creation in 1955 by Atlantic Records, the label had its first hit wit ...
, an American record label
*"East West", a 1966 single by
Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits are an English rock and pop group formed in 1963 in Manchester and formerly fronted by singer Peter Noone. Known for their jaunty beat sound and Noone's often tongue-in-cheek vocal style, the Hermits charted with numerous tra ...
, later covered by Morrissey
Companies and institutions
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East-West Airlines (India)
''East-West Airlines'' was a private airline company based in Kerala,India that operated during the 1990's on trunk linkage airports across India.
History
Commencement of operations
In 1990-91 the entry of private airlines began, after the de-r ...
, a former airline
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East-West Airlines (Australia), a former airline
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East West Bank
East West Bank is an American bank that is the primary subsidiary of East West Bancorp. It is the largest publicly traded bank headquartered in Southern California. The company has been ranked the #1 performing U.S. bank with more than $10 billi ...
, a Chinese American bank in California
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East West Bank (Philippines), a commercial bank
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East West Bus Company, a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia
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East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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East–West University, Chicago, Illinois, US
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East and West Railroad of Alabama, a railroad in the US states of Alabama and Georgia
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East and West Riding Regiment, British Territorial Army
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EastWest Institute (EWI), a former international conflict resolution not-for-profit
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EastWest Sounds, an American company that develops and markets virtual instruments
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EastWest Studios, a recording studio in Hollywood, California, US
Other uses
* Two of the four
cardinal direction
The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the four main compass directions: north (N), south (S), east (E), and west (W). The corresponding azimuths ( clockwise horizontal angle from north) are 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270°.
The ...
s
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prime vertical
A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers. A natural number greater than 1 that is not prime is called a composite number. For example, 5 is prime because the only ways ...
direction
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East–West Highway (New England), a proposed highway corridor
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East West Line (disambiguation)
East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that eas ...
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East–West Schism
The East–West Schism, also known as the Great Schism or the Schism of 1054, is the break of communion (Christian), communion between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. A series of Eastern Orthodox – Roman Catholic eccle ...
, the 1054 break between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches
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East–West Shrine Game, an annual college football game
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East-west traffic
In computer networking, east-west traffic is network traffic among devices within a specific data center. The other direction of traffic flow is north-south traffic, data flowing from or to a system physically residing outside the data center.
Tra ...
, computer network traffic within a data center
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East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry, the 1990s feud between American hip hop enthusiasts
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