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Word: hindi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...patronize the brothels that have sprung up around the hospitals. These establishments, catering specially to Arabs, feature dancing girls in gaudily carpeted and chandeliered halls. Once the "patient" chooses his girl, they move into a room with a bed decked in flowers, like the nuptial ritual in glossy Hindi films. The rate: between $100 and $1,000 a night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prostitution: The Skin Trade | 6/21/1993 | See Source »

Baliga says she will compile a database of legal, counseling, and community services similar to the Women's Information Service Hotline (WISH) run out of Rad- cliffe's Lyman Common Room. She will translate the information into Hindi and disseminate it through universities and South Asian organizations, temples and mosques...

Author: By Amanda C. Pustilnik, | Title: Service Grants Give Grads a Chance to Dig Deep | 6/9/1993 | See Source »

...linguistic richness has prompted several international companies to open divisions in the state. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, which recently expanded service to 35 cities in Europe and Asia, has set up an international reservations center in Salt Lake City. Agents can take bookings in 13 foreign languages, including Hindi and Swedish. Several years ago, American Express decided to situate its worldwide traveler's check service center in Salt Lake City. On the outside, the four-story glass-and-concrete structure looks like , any other modern office building, but inside the atmosphere is more like the Disneyland ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Language The State of Many Tongues | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

Schimmel and Associate Professor of Indo-Muslim Culture Ali S. Asani are the only professors at the University who teach courses specifically on South Asian Islamic culture and civilization. In addition, Schimmel teaches Persian and Turkish while Asani is the only scholar who teaches Hindi and Urdu...

Author: By Ivan Oransky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Recession Hits Universities Hard | 1/31/1992 | See Source »

Schimmel and Asani are the only professors at the University who teach courses specifically on South Asian Islamic culture and civilization. In addition, Schimmel teaches Persian and Turkish while Asani is the only scholar who teaches Hindi and Urdu...

Author: By Lan N. Nguyen, | Title: S. Asian Program In Fiscal Trouble | 12/6/1991 | See Source »

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