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...that could soon change, renewing a debate on what Switzerland's German-language newspapers refer to, in English, as "Swiss-ness." The government is mulling new laws that will raise the Swiss share of those production costs to 60%. Forty million fake Swiss timepieces are made every year, most of them in China, claims the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. Sales of the real thing are threatened, despite the federation's slogan: "Fake watches are for fake people. Be authentic. Buy real...
...will likely come of age in a very different Switzerland. One day, he will vote in its elections and do national service in its army. But he will always be half English and - since he was conceived and born in Bangkok - "Made in Thailand," too. Fake watches might be for fake people. But authentic Swiss are harder to define than ever, and that's something Switzerland should probably celebrate...
...speak English, Spanish, Portuguese and some Italian. In my family, there are a few people who speak seven languages...
Which do you enjoy more, singing in English or in Spanish...
...county has partly tailored its approach to serve its large non-English-speaking community. "Many of our newly arrived immigrants don't understand what they can do to support their child's success, and they don't understand the system - there's no point in going to the school board when you're concerned about your child's homework," says Anne Thompson, director of the Miami-Dade program. Because of language issues, she often sees students having to do their parents' jobs in terms of navigating school bureaucracy. (See pictures of teens and how they would vote...