Word: americanizing
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...could show higher test scores. But I believe that anyone can achieve his dream. The surly teen may mature and realize he needs an education to get the job he loves; the struggling kid may be able to get to college with better study habits. Please don't insult American teachers in this way. Kelly Czermerys, HUNGER...
...could show higher test scores. But I believe that anyone can achieve his dream. The surly teen may mature and realize he needs an education to get the job he loves; the struggling kid may be able to get to college with better study habits. Please don't insult American teachers in this way. Kelly Czermerys Hunter...
...could witness all those values in FDR's New Deal. The difference between modern America and China is that America sold many of those things in exchange for the consolidation of corporate wealth and power, and will struggle to resurrect that spirit of public uplift. The American dream is dead; long live the Chinese dream. Peter Wells Toowong, Australia...
...British resistance to French plans for strict new regulations of the global finance sector, and preached the gospel of "moralizing capitalism"? Is he the man, a son of a Hungarian immigrant, who, newly elected, challenged French pretense of color-blind égalité by arguing for American-style affirmative action? Or is he the leader who, facing critical regional elections next March, has begun openly courting voters of the extreme-right National Front with a crackdown on illegal aliens and a divisive national debate on immigration and French identity? (See pictures of Bastille Day celebrations...
There seems to be particular interest among Protestants in Catholic services, a development perhaps reflected in Pope Benedict XVI's recent move to welcome dissatisfied Anglicans to worship within the Catholic tradition. Significant numbers of Protestants say they sometimes attend Catholic Mass, including 19% of African-American Protestants and 13% of white evangelicals. The curiosity doesn't run as strong in the other direction, however; only 18% of all Catholics report attending Protestant services...