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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Without knowledge of English, the immigrant is trapped in Chinatown. As Lee says, "It's like a ghetto. People grow up and spend their entire lives in Chinatown. They are naturally afraid to go outside without any knowledge of English...
During the last year Lee spends about 12 hours a week in Chinatown working at an after-school day care program with 15 to 20 children, referred there because of emotional problems similar to those described by Chin. "The kids that grow up in that environment get either really tough, or beat down," Lee says. "Some were really active and loud; others didn't talk at all. There were two kids there that didn't say anything since I had been there, which was a year. There was a third guy like that, but we got him to say something...
...each of the next five years, McGuire predicts, the number of recalls will grow by 10% to 15%; and all auto manufacturers, 75% of the television-set makers and more than half of all home-appliance makers will recall at least some of their products. One reason: stiffer Government safety regulations, pressure from consumer advocates and the increasing complexity of many products, which multiplies trouble. "The cost to companies could easily run up to $1 billion a year," says McGuire...
...phenomenon in the music business, a system that generates stars out of the middle class. "Look at James Taylor," he says. "His father is dean of the Medical School at University of North Carolina. Or Carly Simon, of Simon and Schuster. You don't have to grow up in the ghetto any more to be a pop star. The pop star doesn't climb a ladder to success any more. Lots of people who attended elite colleges go on to become very good and successful professional musicians." Going to Harvard has neither helped nor hindered his musical development...
...better or worse, on Egypt's economy and ecology. The study will probably find no answer for the country's most pressing environmental problem-population growth. In the past 15 years Egypt's population has increased by one-third (to 37 million), and it continues to grow at a rate of one million a year. The demands of that growth have already outstripped the potential capacity of Egypt...