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THE FOREIGN-LANGUAGE CHALLENGE

There'll Always Be an Eastern Europe

Earlier this year, I was interviewed for a position as delegate to a student conference on international relations. My interviewer asked what languages I spoke. I told him I knew Spanish, Portuguese, and Polish. He commented that if I truly wanted a career in international relations, I would have done...

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