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27th July 2012

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People Who Studied Abroad #382:Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist From: United States Studied: After graduating from Harvard, he received a Rhodes scholarship and studied law at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. After Oxford, he studied Arabic in Egypt for the 1983-84 academic year.

People Who Studied Abroad #382:
Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist

From:
United States

Studied:
After graduating from Harvard, he received a Rhodes scholarship and studied law at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. After Oxford, he studied Arabic in Egypt for the 1983-84 academic year.

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11th July 2012

Quote reblogged from Hollywood Polyglot with 6 notes

…by all means, have your kids dive into the glamorous world of Mandarin. But don’t forget the language that will likely be far more important in their lives: el idioma mas importante es Espanol!
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Nicholas Kristof (on the importance of learning languages)

Source: Primero Hay Que Aprender Español. Ranhou Zai Xue Zhongwen.

(via hollywoodpolyglot)

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