Word: cosmopolitanism
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...emphasis on national histories, and he really didn’t do that—he wrote on multicultural concerns,” said Thomas C. Childers, Hackney professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, who studied under Ford from 1971 to 1976. “He was cosmopolitan and comparative, that was his strength...
...wake of last weekend's bigger-than-ever Nation party, organized by Singapore's leading gay and lesbian website, Fridae.com, another truth is evident: the gay scene?indisputably one of the drivers of the city's cosmopolitan nightlife?has finally arrived, with or without the laws. It had been evolving in the past few years alongside? and often in combination with?Singapore's alternative youth culture (with which it shares DJs, venues, fashion and a lot else besides). When Goh proclaimed that "in time, the population will understand that some people are born that way ? but they are like...
...need to heed public opinion. Even traditionally pro-China politicians are uttering what would once have been unspeakable for them: the "d" word. There's a growing awareness that the current system of ?lites selecting ?lites to rule is untenable, especially when the population is so educated, mature and cosmopolitan...
Atlanta has just enough big-city bustle to consider itself cosmopolitan, and just enough Southern Charm to say “y’all come back now” and really mean it. They call it “the city too busy to hate...
...room shrine that has more to do with African tribalism than Islam, women flock to see Mushkan, a male Sheedi medium in white, womanly robes. When he goes into a trance, he says he communicates with his jinni in Arabic, Urdu and Swahili. Karachi's demons, it seems, are cosmopolitan...