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Domenico Maceri
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2001
Bush's Spanish narrows gap with Latinos
In the late 1800s, U.S. President James Garfield, a former classics professor, amused friends by translating simultaneously an English document into Greek with his left hand and Latin with his right hand. President George W. Bush cannot match this linguistic ability, but his use of Spanish and his family...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2001
Should English be forced on immigrants?
The looks on my uncle's and his customer's faces clearly suggested they were talking about me while I was standing next to them. I had no idea what they were saying. Nothing bad I am sure, but although I was 16, I felt powerless as a baby might feel as she tries to reach for an object and the hand does...

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