Word: latinized
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Princeton University who is spending this year as a visiting member at the Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein's old bailiwick, has just delivered a lecture called "Harry Potter and This Ever-Changing Medieval World" to an alumni seminar. He praises, among other things, Rowling's clever use of Latin and her "important and rigorous medieval agenda...
...Europe, of course, won't break the NATO alliance, but it will be increasingly ready to challenge U.S. influence where positions diverge - such as in current interventions in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and on the question of sanctions against Iraq. Washington may encounter a similar growing "friendly" challenge in Latin America...
...Office of Admissions released figures Friday that reflect a similar variety to last year's early admittees. More than 46 percent are female, 18.4 percent are Asian-American, 7.2 percent Latin American, 6.1 percent African-American, and 0.8 percent Native American...
...early 1980s, Cambridge political leaders responded to turmoil in Central America by designating Cambridge a "sanctuary city," says Elena Letona, director of Latin American advocacy group Centro Presente...
...interesting, if uncomfortable, bit of live drama, as for precious minutes the fumbling reporters tap-danced, giving useless definitions of certain Latin phrases as if to demonstrate that, even if they couldn't tell us who our next president was going to be, they were still worth their paychecks. On CNN, Roger Cossack seemed particularly lost and pitiable, hemming and hawing as Judy Woodruff pressed him on whether the decision ended the Gore campaign or not that it would be "irresponsible" to say anything conclusive before he'd read the whole opinion...