Word: polyglotism
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Amid the protective coloration of Manhattan's midtown hotels, the polyglot parliamentarians became as invisible as so many native New Yorkers. There were some exceptions. At the Waldorf-Astoria, Saudi Arabia's lean, bearded Prince Feisal could be seen plainly as he whispered with Iraq's jumpy Fadhil Jamali, surrounded by a bodyguard packing gold swords and blue-steel .453. The Servant of God and Sword of Islam, Abdullah Saif, would cool his heels in luxurious comfort at the Sherry-Netherlands while the Assembly debated the admission of his tiny state of Yemen...
Hackett will build the new school on a wooded Riverdale plateau overlooking New York's Hudson River. He plans to have 600 teen-age students: 200 from New York City, 200 from the rest of the U.S., 200 from Europe, Latin America, Asia. In ten polyglot residences he will mix them well, hopes to transform them into citizens of the world. Says he: "This won't be an international school. 'International' has bad connotations these days. We want to transcend nations...
...Million Eyes. Last week, as Britain's Royal Family wended their triumphal way through Africa (largely for the purpose of introducing Princess Elizabeth to her polyglot future subjects), she was often tempted to yawn. For weeks she had been through an endless procession of official receptions, tedious reviews, soporific speeches and tiresome dedications. On Tuesday, at Pietermaritzburg, there had been a presentation of local dignitaries, a civic luncheon party, a reception at the stadium to meet the white colony, a reception at the race track to meet the natives, a garden party at the Governor's mansion...
Folk Music of the Central East (Disc, 6 sides). The first album of Moe Asch's ethnological folk music series (TIME, Feb. 25) was recorded in remote southern republics of the U.S.S.R. The result is not Tchaikovsky's Russia but polyglot: in different sections the music sometimes sounds like an Indian powwow, sometimes like a swirl of bagpipes, sometimes like Chinese temple music. Performance: uneven...
...very modest intellectual attainments. His reading is chiefly military biography and military history-especially Pennsylvania's. The books he studies most are books he himself has compiled. One black notebook contains all the industrial, agricultural, religious and political facts, county by county, of the great and polyglot state which he has run for four years. Another tabulation shows the county by county vote for governor for many years back. On political history and facts the general is solid...