Word: cosmopolitanism
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Lebanon was always as sweet and cunning and ancient and beautiful as the world. It was literate, rich, fabulous, chic as Atlantis in better days. No land was ever luckier, more cosmopolitan. If you drove in from the east, out of the deserts of Jordan, Iraq or Syria, Lebanon was the coolest, greenest, richest land in the imagination of Allah. You climbed the Lebanon Mountains, and suddenly beheld the Mediterranean. Its deep blue waters played in the eye against the snow on the tops of the mountains. The air was dense with the scent of thyme and cedar...
...Pihl, director of the summer session, introduces the book without undue modesty. "We have established a longstanding reputation for the range and excellence of our programs," says he Indeed, though many have dated call it "Camp Harvard," the summer school crusaders generally take themselves quite seriously. "A truly cosmopolitan center of learning during the summer months in Cambridge" assets Pihl. This bold, declarative style sometimes verging on the pompous characterize the entire work...
...vast sweep of this "cosmopolitan center" quickly becomes apparent Libraries, museums, dining halls, parking lot--they are all here. There are special programs in dance, in preparation for being pre-med (women only), and of course, Ukranian Studies. The powerful symbol of the Ukraine appears repeatedly throughout the Register. "Beginning Ukraine." "Intermediate Ukraine." "Advanced Ukraine." "Religion and politics in Ukraine Since 1917." Relentlessly, the vision of the Ukraine slams into the reader's pysche, jarring loose the inevitable question. "Why does Harvard offer so many courses on the Ukraine in its summer session?" Clearly, there is no simple answer...
...long-run significance of the trip will probably be its effect on the fortunes of Christianity in Britain-and on the Vatican's future course on Christian ecumenism. The Pope's agenda reflected not the imperial hand of the Vatican conservative old guard, but the more cosmopolitan touch of Britain's Catholic hierarchy. All observers agreed that the Pope's visit was without doubt his most ecumenical tour. Two significant interchurch services took place in Canterbury and Liverpool, and there were several conferences with non-Catholic clergy, who received personal invitations from John Paul to continue...
...gossip is that Vinogradov was brought into the Kirov five years ago to liven things up and keep the younger generation of dancers interested. Vinogradov is a snappy dresser who likes wide pinstripes or a modified cowboy look. He seems to emerge from a Soviet equivalent of gilded youth, cosmopolitan, familiar with the latest trends in all the arts. His choreography is similar to that of several young Americans and Europeans, to judge by Le Revizor, but he may be grittier and more ambitious...