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...Dade County, Fla., Spanish was legally considered a second language even before the latest wave of Cuban refugees. There are 54,000 Spanish-speaking students now in Dade County's bilingual programs. But, says Lavona Zuckerman, a member of the citizens advisory committee, "in Miami we have leaned over backward for 20 years to accommodate the refugees. Learning in Spanish has made children feel comfortable in Spanish. Our compassion is making us a nation of ethnic minorities first, rather than Americans first." Proponents of the program insist, however, that bilingual children are doing nearly as well academically as English...
Some rock-ribbed readers were not so sure. A few Bostonians even suggested that Zuckerman coveted the Atlantic chiefly for its stately, if somewhat crumbling, brownstone headquarters at 8 Arlington Street, a prime property overlooking the Boston Public Garden and just an olive's throw from the Ritz-Carlton. Fumes Zuckerman: "That's preposterous...
Born and raised in Montreal (he became a U.S. citizen in 1977), Zuckerman earned degrees at McGill University, Harvard Law School and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. After a stint with Cabot, Cabot and Forbes, the large Boston real estate development firm, Zuckerman formed his own company, Boston Properties, whose holdings around the U.S. are now worth some $200 million. He also became an associate professor of city and regional planning at Harvard. A friend of four-term Boston Mayor Kevin White, Zuckerman was White's choice to build two large-scale renewal projects that were...
...Zuckerman describes himself as a "newspaper and magazine junkie" who would "drive 30 miles for a New York Times." He counts as friends such journalistic heavies as Writers Richard Goodwin and Doris Kearns and New Republic Editor and Publisher Martin Peretz. "Acquiring the Atlantic expands my personal life into more of a professional involvement," says Zuckerman. A man who has worked with him suggests he also wants the magazine for its cachet: "He's very bright and very insecure, and has an overwhelming need for acceptance within a certain circle of society...
With the additional resources promised by his new boss, Manning hopes to beef up the Atlantic's coverage of science, business and law. Zuckerman promises to steer clear of editorial matters, but even Manning admits: "He's a very active, aggressive guy. I expect we'll be on the phone with...