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Will having immigrants learn English eliminate racism? No, but neither will having them be fluent in just their native tongues. Immigrants' best chance at success lies not in clinging to the past but in looking toward the future. America, her values and democratic government, and her language are willing to provide that future. JOHN THOMAS...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: True Diversity Transcends Linguistic Limitations | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

Jovin was the third of four daughters of American scientists Donna and Thomas Jovin. She was raised in Goettingen, Germany and was a political science and international relations major at Yale University. She was fluent in Germany, English, French and Spanish and was going to become a citizen of Germany in a year...

Author: By Katrina ALICIA Garcia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Service Honors Slain Yale Student | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

While Poppea's libretto certainly sounds better than it reads as a plot, this production's singing was so fluent that I could follow the plot almost continuously. Also, I never really noticed that the actors were singing. The color and expression of various voices were at the forefront of the production, but none of the singing seemed staged. The four leads were particularly strong. Quilichi and D'Amelio occasionally swung a flat, everyday-speech exclamation into their performances, and Buff, in her transsexual role as Otto, single-handedly built the tension of the play, bellowing out against Poppea...

Author: By Benjamin E. Lytal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Decadent Opera's Majestic Monteverdi | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

...combines typical Local H with a seducing acoustic flavor that combines the old world of grunge with the now-popular electric-acoustic style. "She Hates My Job" brings all Lucas' and Daniels' talent to the forefront, leaving the occasional sucker-riff out in an effort to create a fluent body of music...

Author: By Benjamin L. Kornell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Catty Driving Music For Suburban Illinois | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...fluent in Spanish and I have all these degrees, but I came back to the farm," Rose says. "I've worked all over the world, and it's pretty hard to beat New England...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Falling for Apples | 10/21/1998 | See Source »

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