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Princeton, which has historically been weak in Middle Eastern languages??though very strong in history—is evaluating their program, according to Andras P. Hamori, the chair of the school’s department of Near Eastern Studies...
...Middle East scholars who knew the four main languages??Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu—equally well,” Gutas said. “Because of this she was able to research the entire gamut of Islamic cultures...
...total, the Cambridge Public Schools have six bilingual programs in five different languages??Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian, Mandarin Chinese and Korean—including the popular Amigos program for elementary students...
...South End may be the largest preserved Victorian neighborhood in the United States, but its residents exhibit no Victorian reserve whatsoever. Syrians, Italians, Portuguese, Chinese, West Indians, Native Americans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans converse in a hodgepodge of languages??at one point even considering seceding from the city of Boston to form “Mandela”—before sitting down at the neighborhood block parties or park benches to share food and argument. Wanderers are welcome, surprises guaranteed...
...instance, associates what it admits to be two very different methods of inquiry, and one wonders whether political philosophy, political economy and rational-choice theory all deserve the same “government” label. Some of the sciences and the various “literatures and languages?? require a significant amount of technical specialization before the real methods can be applied. But the focus on methodology has at least the aim of ensuring that by the time they graduate, students are capable of conducting legitimate independent research...