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...economic groups with no interests in Cuba naturally opposed this country's intervention in 1898. But U.S. participation served not only to mollify a public frightened by the growing pains of capitalism--labor violence, the concentration of ownership, urbanization, the dissolution of "rural values," and the swelling number of non-English speaking immigrants--it also bolstered moderate and conservative elements among the revolutionaries, preventing Cuba from falling into the hands of militant nationalists. Limited intervention became a legitimate foreign policy instrument...
...Kozol, author of Death at an Early Age and Free Schools. He aims at radical reform of the school system, particularly in libraries and history departments, and support of alternative schools. He advocates an educational census to determine the number of bilingual and crippled children and illiterate adults of non-English speaking origin to establish programs suited to their needs...
Although knowledge and talent have been spent on this ambitious book, two serious objections must be made. One is that to give his earliest Washo non-English speech and thought patterns, Sanchez invents a portentous lingo that just does not work ("Gayabuc, what say you? The Sun is heavy in the Sky, soon it will drop. We have walked the day ... What...
...Instruction in English--Harvard began a program last Spring, under the direction of Mr. Lloyd David, to employ non-English speaking Puerto-Ricans in the Departments of Buildings and Grounds and Food Services, and to provide daily instruction in English...
Judge said he favors eliminating the quota except for a five per cent minimum for non-English speaking countries in Asia, Africa. and Latin America-a proposal now under the consideration of the Admissions Policy Committee...