10/07/2008
Blatter: Too many foreign owners of English clubs (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The wave of foreign owners taking over English Premier League clubs is dismaying FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
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10/07/2008
Lewisville City Council rejects English-only measures (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By PATRICK McGEE LEWISVILLE — The City Council voted Tuesday night not to change the practice of translating documents into Spanish, and a motion to make English the city’s official language failed to get a second. The move dashed Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Lathan Watts’ hopes to promote the use of English, the language that he said is a pillar of American unity and identity. However, Watts voted ...
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10/07/2008
English as a cool course with Freshdirect's grocery (New York Daily News)
Freshdirect's grocery is delivering gourmet goodies to the doorstep and cultivating its employees. Regulars at Helen Sashin's weekly English-as-a-second-language class are not just students.
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10/07/2008
Merriam-Webster To Release Advanced Learner's English Dictionary (Bernama)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 7 (Bernama-PRNewswire-AsiaNet) -- Merriam-Webster will release its Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary later this month -- the first advanced learner's dictionary from an American publisher.
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10/07/2008
Group aims to help Brazilians with their English (The MetroWest Daily News)
Many foreigners who are learning English would like to be poised and confident speakers of their second language, but more often than not they find themselves at a loss for words.
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10/07/2008
Lewisville Rejects English-Only Ordinance (FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth)
The Lewisville city council was caught in a debate over naming English the official language of the city's 70,000 residents. Proposal leaders said the ordinance could have saved the city money on printing bilingual documents. But, critics argued the idea encouraged discrimination.
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10/07/2008
Lewisville Votes Down English As Official Language (CBS 11 Dallas - Fort Worth)
Monday night the Lewisville City Council will consider a controversial resolution, making English the city's official language. A packed house is expected at the city council meeting and the main reason is ' Item 16 '.
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10/07/2008
Lewisville Considers English-Only Ordinance (FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth)
A language debate has the Lewisville City Councile weighing whether to make English the city's official language. The decision could have far-reaching effects on either what is --or isn't-- translated. FOX 4's Melissa Cutler explains.
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10/07/2008
Blatter: Too many foreign owners of English clubs (Fox Sports)
FIFA president Sepp Blatter is upset by the wave of foreign ownership in the English Premier League.
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10/07/2008
Thanksgiving auction prize: a real Wampanoag man, Colonial English pilgrim (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Mass., is auctioning off a Thanksgiving Day appearance in your home by a native Wampanoag man and a Colonial English pilgrim.
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