Word: linguistical
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...after six years as Little Lorin, the boy won der. Adolescence- its fuzzy cheeks and squeaky voice- had done him in -"I lost my market value as soon as I ceased to be a monstrosity." Sobering up in Pitts burgh, he studied hard, learned the vio lin, became a linguist and left for Europe -at 22. a forgotten celebrity...
...godfathers of Thayer Academy's Institute of Asian Studies are energetic Headmaster Gordon O. Thayer* 52, and Henry Courtenay Fenn, 68, a renowned linguist who retires this month as director of Yale's prestigious Institute of Far Eastern Languages. Gordon Thayer's incentive to teach Chinese came from his language problems in another important part of the world. Eastern Europe. Lecturing (with the help of an interpreter) through a cultural exchange program two years ago, Thayer realized how little Americans know of Eastern European language and culture-and how much less they must know about Asia. Back...
Three historians, a philosopher, and a linguist will become assistant professors in the University, effective July...
...Korean linguist for the Air Force, I have seen the use of language produce amazing results in winning the friendship and approval of local populaces-:hence their support. This support is the crucial factor in guerrilla warfare...
...proved a faithful couple and produced five sons (Thomas was the second). But the discovery of his father's misbehavior so shocked Lawrence that he forswore sex. He turned to digging up the past as an archaeologist, becoming an expert on crusaders' castles, an Arabic linguist, and boon companion to Arabs, including handsome young Sheik Ahmed, who (Nutting notes) may be the subject of Pillars' dedicatory love poem. Currently, Nutting is acting as adviser to Hollywood Producer Sam Spiegel, now photographing a $6,000,000 epic of Lawrence of Arabia...