Polyglot (book) London, 1669), a monument of industry and erudition even when allowance is made for the fact that for the Arabic he had the great manuscript lexicon compiled and left to the University of Cambridge by William Bedwell. The liberality of Cardinal Ximenes, who is said to have spent half a million ducats on it, removed the "Complutensian" polyglot from the risks of commerce. The other three editions all brought their promoters to the verge of ruin. Subsequent polyglots are of little scholarly importance, the best recent texts having been confined to a single language; but at least into the early
The Who, What, or Where Game a block of daytime games on NBC during the early 1970s, which began with "Concentration" at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time and continued to "Three on a Match" at 1:30 p.m. Most of these games were known for emphasizing game play over prizes, which were intentionally small due to memories of the quiz show scandals of the 1950s. "The Who, What, or Where Game" ran at 12:30 p.m./11:30 a.m. Central, opposite "Search for Tomorrow" on CBS, and sitcom reruns, soap operas, and the games "Password" and "Split Second" on ABC. Because NBC ran a five-minute newscast anchored by either Floyd Kalber