Word: speakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doin'? Raisa Gorbachev may be one of the few people left on the planet who think Mayor Ed Koch is doing fine -- probably because she doesn't speak English. Koch once called her government the pits and more recently wondered why, if the Soviet President is such a nice guy, he needs 6,000 cops to guard him. After the U.N. reception, Koch recounted Raisa's observation to him that he was so different from those lazy mayors back home who "always complain when they're given extra work...
...People's Liberation Front (J.V.P.), Sinhalese extremists who do not hesitate to signal their displeasure with bullets. "People are afraid of the army and even more afraid of the J.V.P.," whispers the terrified shopkeeper. "I am in the middle. I can't think; I can't even speak, I am so afraid." A moment later, he tells his visitor, "Please don't mention my name, or this shop. I'll be a dead...
...year-olds in the work force has dropped from 22.4 million in 1979 to 20.2 million last year. Most of the growth will be among minorities -- the very groups that have been served least well by public school systems. Over the next decade, blacks, Hispanics and Asians, who may speak English poorly, will make up more than half of all entry-level employees...
...Derek, our friend, though rarely we speak...
...educational plan requires management to contribute three cents per hour per employee to a fund which would finance a college scholarship program, and proficiency classes for employees who do not speak English as a first langauge...