Word: cosmopolitanism
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...Paris, film buffs most weeks have a choice of more than 600 different titles. The highest grossers are often the big American hits like E.T., which sold 690,000 tickets in the first two weeks of its Paris run. The French are probably the most cosmopolitan fans in the world. "We will go see a Portuguese film one week and a Turkish one the next," says Marc Silvera, an official of the Centre National de la Cinématographic. "We are more open to films in other languages than the Americans or the British, and are willing to tolerate subtitles...
...Young Philadelphians (1959): Just kind of a cosmopolitan story that didn't demand very much...
Married, with three grown children, the Liberal-Democrat leader is considered to be one of the most cosmopolitan and widely traveled members of his party. He plays golf (handicap 22) and dabbles in oil painting. His taste for things Western includes a penchant for breakfasts of boiled eggs and tea with milk at his comfortable home on the outskirts of Tokyo...
Cuomo is perhaps the great example nationwide this election year of a candidate trying to revive the old New Deal Coalition. He is the darling of the cosmopolitan liberal intellectuals--as shown this summer when the Village Voice all but deified him weekly. He has unanimous and enthusiastic labor support--in New York's very strong organizational asset. He has strong support from Black and Hispanic voters who know that they have nothing to gain from Lehrman's ledger-book legislation. And he has a clear edge among his own Catholic middle class...
Asked what he thought Glashow's response to Texas A&M was, Vandiver said, "Mr. Glashow is a very genial, amiable, cosmopolitan gentleman and he only gives away what he wants to give away...