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Parents' speaking a foreign language can embarrass children. Riki Hayashi, 6, shocked his Japanese-born mother Kaori last year by announcing that he did not want her to speak her native tongue when his schoolmates came to visit at their Culver City, Calif., home. "All his friends are American, and in his concept of himself he is American," sighs Kaori. The parents' poor command of English can prove awkward. Children are pressed into service for their immigrant parents in all kinds of circumstances: when the electric company sends a dunning notice, the landlord needs a lease signed, a policeman needs...
...actress who remained in Czechoslovakia with their two sons, Forman is now an American moviemaker with few regrets. "I certainly don't think my art has suffered from my being in Hollywood," he declares. "I am doing the kind of films I always wanted to do." In Caslav or Culver City, that's called a happy ending...
...Culver-Stockton College...
...such tasks as compiling payrolls, drawing graphs and creating reports. Until now, all the personal-computer software that IBM sold was produced by other companies. IBM's new programs will compete most directly with the popular ones sold by Lotus Development of Cambridge, Mass., and Ashton-Tate of Culver City, Calif. Some experts are confident that small companies can hold their own in the software competition because they are often more inventive than IBM, which is known more for its marketing prowess than its creativity. "IBM software is not likely to be on the leading edge," said Douglas Cayne...
...introduce new ones within a few months. Prices range from $1.99 for 2½ oz. of Free Hold, up to $13.95 for 15 oz. of Helene Curtis' brand. There are foams for normal and fine hair and ones that contain jojoba, vitamin E and even mink oil. Alberto-Culver has a mousse for black hair styles; Conair's Jheri Redding line offers "flavors," such as chocolate for brunets and strawberry for auburn heads...