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John Willis, 24, the first Negro Marshall scholar, will study medieval African history. To tap it, Willis has learned classical Arabic at Boston University, will aim for a Ph.D. at the University of London, which he calls "the best school in the world for African studies." Stan ford's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scholarships: Today's Marshall Plan | 3/8/1963 | See Source »

Costanza died soon after, and Frederick grew up in Palermo, an unseen and uncared-for ward of the Pope. The boy, living almost as a beggar child, learned Arabic from the seaport's Arab sailors. He was to learn more than half a dozen other languages, including Hebrew and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stupor Mundi | 3/8/1963 | See Source »

In Europe from 550 to the end of the eighth century, astrology was virtually nonexistent "due to social and economic decay" which stifled most intellectual activity. Christianity and a related movement against predestination effectively dominated thought until the beginning of the ninth century, when the horoscopy which had been exported...

Author: By Peter Cummings, | Title: David E. Pingree | 2/23/1963 | See Source »

No Personalities. Said Aref: "This is a secret which must remain a secret for many reasons.'' Asked why. English-speaking Aref replied volubly in Arabic. Pressed again for an answer, Aref suddenly announced, "The conference is closed," and departed, surrounded by his guards.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Green Armbands, Red Blood | 2/22/1963 | See Source »

The local Communists, the only group still supporting the discredited Kassem regime, were being stridently urged by Moscow's powerful Arabic voice in East Germany to "struggle against the fascist imperialist regime now foisted on Iraq." Some Communists responded by sniping from rooftops, but their organization had suffered a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Green Armbands, Red Blood | 2/22/1963 | See Source »

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