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...teaching talent. In the past 14 years, Louisiana has hired as many as 300 French teachers a year from Belgium, Quebec and France to teach in Cajun classrooms. Although the state has been trying to train Louisiana natives to teach French, the supply of teachers continues to lag behind demand. Furthermore, in the 1985-86 school year, all public schools in Louisiana will be required to teach a second language in grades 4 through 8, which will create the need for about 360 new French teachers...
...addition to the choppy waters, the team also had to overcome the effects of jet lag because of the 12-hour time difference...
...paper's columnists and specialists lag behind the newsroom. The Herald covers business adequately, especially in a weekly section that ranges up to 78 pages, but is uneven in reviewing the arts and undistinguished in writing about lifestyles. Visually it is blocky, and photos are often muddy. Its primary flaw: like many other major dailies, it suggests that being serious precludes having...
...well as the restaurant worker category. It is true that Asian incomes exceed the national average, yet Asians live in Pacific, Eastern, and metropolitan areas with costs of living that far exceed the national average. When compared to the average income within their metropolitan areas, Asian incomes generally lag behind the area-wide averages. Moreover, Asians tend to be underemployed for their levels of education...
...stressed that he was not reaching to any particular event. "It might be just as wise to look at [free speech] when there isn't a particular event, but to make sure that we are always doing everything we can to protect people's rights," Bok said, mentioning the lag of several months since the Weinburger incident...