Word: englishes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...idyllic Paul Mellon's English summers must have been, that years later millions of dollars should have been used for what you call systematic collecting and I call pillage of much of Britain's artistic soul...
...Abourezk for 22 other Senators. Individually, Turki and another member of the Saudi royal family, Prince Bandar, met with other Senators. Also from Riyadh came Ghazi Algosaibi, Minister of Industry and Power, and Sulaiman As-Salim, Minister of Commerce. All were low-key but sophisticated salesmen who, in excellent English, made a strong case that their nation needed the planes for defensive purposes. Wisely, they feigned little interest in how many aircraft the U.S. might sell to Israel, saying that was none of their business. Just as shrewdly, they never mentioned oil. The significance of this open Saudi lobbying, said...
...been almost as stormy as his quarter-century reign over the embattled Hashemite kingdom. After establishing early in his adulthood a reputation as a playboy with a roving eye, the King was married briefly at 19 to a distant cousin. Following a divorce in 1957, he wed an English girl named Toni Gardiner and rechristened her Princess Muna el Hussein (Desire of Hussein). The King's desire waned in 1972, after he met beauteous Alia Toukan, 23, the U.S.-educated daughter of a prominent Jordanian family. The third wedding took place when the second divorce was made public...
Although his parents were poorly educated immigrants who spoke only Yiddish at home, Asar Stepak, 28, worked hard to learn English, and earned a 3.5 grade average at New York University. He applied for admission to the Rutgers College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. After Rutgers turned him down, Stepak sued in both state and federal court. His charge: Rutgers was giving blacks and other minorities an unconstitutional advantage in the admissions process, a charge that the school denies...
...economy into a tailspin. In Hollywood and Hallandale, just south of Fort Lauderdale, 20% of the population is now French speaking; the Canadian flag flies over bars, restaurants and motels, many of which are Canadian owned. Longtime residents gripe that the new arrivals are clannish, refuse to learn English and do not participate in the life of the community...