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...bilingual problem in California upsets me (NATION, Aug. 25). Americans should have only one language, and that is English. As an Indian, I know whereof I speak. When I travel to southern or eastern India, I am a foreigner ) in my own country because I cannot speak the local language. No country can have a sense of unity if it speaks 35 or 40 different languages. That is what will happen to the U.S. if it gives in to the supporters of bilingualism...
Alexander knows whereof he speaks. He has been a member of the Business section since 1978, first as a reporter-researcher and, since 1981, as a staff writer and associate editor. He is the author of cover stories on such varied topics as the budget deficit and People Express Airlines. Two months ago he became Business editor, replacing George M. Taber, who now heads the World section. "It can require a lot of effort to render the subjects of business and economics both understandable and interesting," says Alexander. "But this cover story was not a difficult one to make compelling...
Rockwell, who has been writing about both classical and rock music for The Times for more than 10 years, obviously knows whereof he speaks. In All American Music, he insistently argues that a common bond connects all the different genres with which he deals. But if anything, this all-encompassing thesis reflects Rockwell's skewed emphasis towards artists who will prove his points and away from those who won't. There are fully eight essays on classical composers devoted to developing his theory that American music is split up into two camps: formal academic serialism and the more popular tonal...
...full!") and cheery behavior-mod patter. His Never-Say-Diet Book is No. 1 on the New York Times's bestseller list, where it has been lodged for 38 weeks. At 5 ft. 7 in., 138 Ibs., Simmons seems a model of svelte fitness, but he knows whereof he sweats. As a boy in New Orleans, he sampled so many crêpes suzette at the family's restaurant that by his 18th birthday he weighed 268 Ibs. Then he found a note under his windshield wiper: "Fat people die young. Please don't die." Simmons lost...
...point where we're living like animals. We live behind burglar bars and throw a collection of door locks at night and set an alarm and lay down with a loaded shotgun beside the bed and then try to get some rest. It's ridiculous." The chief knows whereof he speaks; he keeps several loaded guns in his bedroom...