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NYC services to be offered in 6 foreign languages
Associated Press WriterMayor Michael Bloomberg ordered city agencies Tuesday to offer services in six of the most common foreign languages spoken in New York City: Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Italian and French Creole. While many services have been available for...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, New York, Society
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It's time for Americans to catch up and master a second language
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's recent comment that Americans should get their children to study Spanish or another second language has drawn an avalanche of criticism from English-only advocates and cable television anti-immigration...Tags: Georgia, Barack Obama, New York, Satellite and Cable Service, Children
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Kindergartners urged to learn key languages
Associated Press WriterThe first-graders in Grace Yuan's class are playing "Jeopardy," eagerly responding to clues about animals and their habitats, diet and movements. Sound routine for a group of 7-year-olds? Well, look again. These clues are in Chinese. One girl, a bit...Tags: Elementary Schools, George Bush, National Security, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Animals
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Obama dismisses criticism about languages
Of The Associated PressDemocrat Barack Obama batted away conservative criticism Friday over a comment he made about Americans' lack of foreign language skills. ''The Republicans jumped on this. I said, absolutely immigrants need to learn English, but we also need to learn...Tags: Barack Obama, Illinois, Migration
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Climate change? Once more, 'I don't know'
My partner, Teller, and I are professional skeptics. We do magic tricks in our live show in Las Vegas, and we have a passion for trying to use what we've learned about fooling people to possibly get a little closer to the truth. Our series on Showtime...Tags: Global Warming, Ecosystems, Al Gore, Conservation, Global Change
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A lesson in using the right language
Ah, a columnist's dilemma: Which of two stories about Sen. Barack Obama should I do for this week? Do I go with the one about Jesse Jackson, Obama and what Jackson said about Obama's genitalia? Oh, it's tempting. Jackson making a fool of himself is...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Schools, Barack Obama, Periodicals, Jesse Jackson
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Campaign Watch Conservative criticism dismissed: Democrat Barack Obama batted away conservative criticism Friday over a comment he made about Americans' lack of foreign language skills. "The Republicans jumped on this. I said, absolutely immigrants...Tags: NASCAR, Motor Racing, John McCain, Barack Obama, Culture
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Sessions will aid visually impaired Sessions lend helping hand to visually impaired
Sentinel Staff WriterImagine closing your eyes and pouring a hot cup of coffee, dialing the phone, writing a check or cooking a meal. Daily tasks that are simple to perform with vision can seem nearly impossible if you are blind or have low vision. Independent Living...Tags: David Malone, Preventative Medicine, Lake County (Florida), Fort Lauderdale, Virus Diseases
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Top of their class
At this time each year, Newsday introduces its readers to the top high school students graduating on Long Island - the valedictorians. Here are this year's top academic achievers from the high schools in your area, their photographs, their achievements,...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Columbia University, Business Enterprises, Periodicals, Research
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Internet org paves way for hundreds of new domains
AP Internet WriterThe Internet's key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ".com," making the first sweeping changes in the network's 25-year-old address system. The Internet...
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