Word: polyglots
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...much as gray-suited bureaucrats and cumbersome regulations. And yet while the political idea of Brussels leaves Europeans cold, the experiment it represents is already a reality for an entire generation. And in that sense, the rest of Europe is starting to resemble Brussels more than it thinks. The polyglot, Continental crowd at the Brussels stagiaire party was hardly unique: on any given evening, a similar scene could unfold in the Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin, or the Canal St.-Martin in Paris, or the Docas district in Lisbon, or the clubs in Vienna's Bermuda Dreieck...
...military identification as proof of age, meaning that if an underage student purchases alcohol with an out-of-state ID, the establishment is liable. But many sellers accept out-of-state licenses at their own risk to serve the sizeable portion of their client base represented by Boston's polyglot student population...
...that they came from different countries. Over the years, Katz and her husband Gary Richards have consciously worked to minimize the distance between themselves and their daughter: taking a trip to Mexico to surround Lena, now eight, with people who look like her and choosing to live in a polyglot Manhattan neighborhood where she blends in easily. Nonetheless, Lena sometimes seems to reject her dark skin, crying over her inability to match her parents. But recently she's begun to explain proudly to strangers her adopted status. "Which isn't to say we're home free now," says Katz...
...officials who escaped in the first days of the war have been shuttling around Europe, raising money and working to keep NATO's interests aligned with their own. Some prominent Kosovar leaders, such as K.L.A. chief Hashim Thaci, are in and out of Kosovo. Others, however, are missing. Polyglot publisher Surroi, with friends both inside and outside Kosovo, is particularly conspicuous by his absence. His fate, like that of other key players in Kosovo, remains a mystery...
...close friend of mine studying mathematics at the Erdos Institute in Hungary for the semester, an accomplished polyglot in Romance languages, never managed to master more than the rudiments of the Finno-Urdic language of the Magyars. The first word came when my friend was sitting in a cafe. The waiter hushed patrons to listen to a radio report. "Belgrade," he said, and blew a cartoon explosion through his teeth. Over Wednesday afternoon, as the first reports of NATO attacks filtered in, the city became a menacing presence, its attitude towards the NATO action impossible to pin down. There were...