For Kabulis, who once prided themselves on being residents of the only city in Afghanistan with any claim to the cosmopolitan qualities of the great cities in other nations, the primitive village culture of the Taliban was the last turn in a cycle of degradation.
There is no reason "Sarka" should not appeal to opera buffs from any land, and it would be a happy paradox if the very cosmopolitan qualities that denied Fibich a fair reception during his lifetime should lead to a revival now.
The former Steel City is certainly known more for its Terrible Towels waved during Steelers football games, its jarring dialect–"yinz" for "you all"–and its Primanti's sandwiches meat, coleslaw and fries all crammed between two pieces of bread, a true gastronomic adventure than for any "global" or "cosmopolitan" qualities.
This state was selected for its unique cosmopolitan qualities.
"That's a grave danger because Aberdeen's got a huge amount of plusses just now: it is a highly enterprising city, cosmopolitan, good quality of life, two super universities.
It is lauded for its cosmopolitan feel and quality of life.
The cosmopolitan and international quality of the championship and of New York City were even better demonstrated by the fact that the winning N.Y.U.
It shares a sense of cosmopolitan sophistication, as a quality soul-deep, with the poetry of Ashbery, O'Hara, and Schuyler.
According to Rothkirchen, "This situation lent their writings a broad cosmopolitan outlook and a quality of exaltation bordering on transcendental metaphysical contemplation.
Knopf's appreciation of contemporary literature and his broad range of literary contacts in the United States and abroad helped to make his publishing house a success, and he became known for the high literary quality of the cosmopolitan works that he published.
