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jty supplies?
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, .^enforcing the law, fighting fires or teaching?
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id Zia only jfttion will be Spanish-speaking.
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iite MoslenM 0 f English. But until they master English, the
te and overt»h-speaking population will be served or sold best
t. Bose who have added Spanish as “their” second
> reported tkRge.
has banned]* points were among those made by the Rev.
anian group! 10 thy S. Healy, president of Georgetown University
nt decides «|ember of The President’s Commission on Foreign
will be allow® age and International Studies.
Be are ill-prepared to cope with the fact that by the
p the decade one-fourth of our population will be
nish-speaking,” he said.
Hving a bilingual population — as in Miami with the
H of Cuban refugees — already has put some cities
wen newspapers and television on a two-language
K Bi-lingual education is a matter of fact in many
■ schools. In inner city hospitals, Spanish-speaking
| Moves are a fixture.
/ J i/Ity cops who read rights to the arrested carry around
Mual versions.
traveling iniWiat s more, the government printing presses turn
rom Preside|any official instructions and health and education
ssidence wfedfehlets — and other types — in Spanish and English,
icd. When*
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ged quicklilfege?
>ther car. Itis, if you want to buy toothpaste or ask directions,”
not injured.‘Ily said.
;nt on to biutifyou want to discuss poetry or anything, you’ll
ne Ministerlftfiat s not enough. English is not the language most
met with N :he world prays, makes love or counts in.
sal led Andefjfe presuppose that everyone speaks our language
at is part of the problem. It is ridiculous. That was
ourproblem in Southeast Asia. We understood so
ittle of the mindset of the Vietnamese,
id across our Southern border, it’s said Americans
inever remember what Mexicans can never forget.”
des said theiy recommended that everyone try to master a
mtial hopefalmd language. If not Spanish, what?
to visit Jordipyou are an optimist, you’ll take Russian,” he said,
n why. And(|
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ce him to five jousands praise Shaka s return
not included® * —
“If a pessimist, Chinese.”
What’s an easy second language?
“No such thing,” the Jesuit said.
“You don’t learn a second language without hard
work. I was picked up by the ears in a monastery in
France and learned French — very swiftly. Everything
was in French. No English spoken. It took eight months
to survive and after 18 months I was good at it.” Isn’t that
old-fashioned — what with translating machines coming
on line? These are little gadgets that students hope will
take the pain out of foreign language the way the
pocket calculators make mathematics almost pleasant?
“That’s ridiculous,” Healy said. “You can’t carry
around a pocket translator anymore than you can put a
sunrise in your pocket.”
The commission on which Healy serves, in its report
to President Carter, said:
“Americans’ scandalous incompetence in foreign lan
guages also explains our dangerously inadequate under
standing of world affairs.
“Our schools graduate a large majority of students
whose knowledge and vision stops at the American
shoreline, whose approach to international affairs is pro
vincial, and whose heads have been filled with asto
nishing misinformation.
“In a recent published study of schoolchildren’s
knowledge and perceptions of other nations and peo
ples, over 40 percent of the 12th graders could not locate
Egypt correctly, while over 20 percent were equally
ignorant about the whereabouts of France or China.”
The Commission learned:
— Only 15 percent of U. S. high school students now
study a foreign language. Twenty-four percent did in
1965.
— Only one out of 20 public high school students
studies French, German or Russian beyond the second
year. (Four years is considered a minimum prerequisite
for useable language competence.)
— Only eight percent of U.S. colleges and universi
ties now require a foreign language for admission.
— There are 10,000 English-speaking Japanese busi
ness representatives on assignment in the United
“Our schools graduate a large
majority of students whose
knowledge and vision stops at the
American shoreline...
to stop in
through the
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States. There are fewer than 900 U.S. counterparts in
Japan — and only a handful of those have a working
knowledge of Japanese.
— The foreign affairs agencies of the U.S. govern
ment are deeply concerned that declining foreign lan
guage enrollments in our schools and colleges will lower
the quality of new recruits for their services.
The Commission, headed by James A. Perkins, head
of the International Council for Educational Develop
ment, recommended the creation of a National Com
mission on Foreign Language and International Studies
to deal with the problem.
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— Crippled Palestinian Mayor
(m Shaka returned home in
)h Wednesday, welcomed by a
led crowd that slaughtered a
on the roof of his ambulance as
of their joy.
ley can take my legs but not my
'le,” said the 47-year-old
I returning from Jordan where
iderwent treatment after his
were blown off in a bomb blast
his home last month,
ftsed Israeli troops nearly ring-
fe city of 90,000 as the cream-
Hd minibus ambulance rolled
If streets festooned with red,
and yellow banners and signs
Irabic proclaiming Shaka to be
ero,” “our freedom fighter,’’
ader.”
icep was slaughtered on the
of the ambulance as the tradi-
Arab symbol of joy as the vehi-
ptpast hundreds of chanting.
“They tried to kill me but they
failed,” he said.
Israeli security forces have not
found who carried out the attempted
assassinations against three West
Bank mayors June 2 that maimed
Shaka and Ramallah Mayor Karim
Khalaf, who lost his left foot in a car
bomb blast. Accusations have been
leveled at extremist rightwing Jews.
The two other West Bank mayors
accompanied Shaka to the Jordanian
side of the Allenby Bridge for his
crossing. He was wheeled across in a
wheelchair and met by the Red Cres
cent ambulance which swept past
large crowds that tried to grab the
vehicle as it made its way through
the city.
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well-wishers into the
M ed courtyard of Shaka’s hilltop
■ (stone house.
■ »d from the sheep ran down
Ihe windshield of the ambu-
jand young men reached for the
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, foiedoutinjoy at Shaka’s home-
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five day pl< aka emerged as a major symbol
e West Bank of opposition by
e building. Palestinians to 13 years of Israeli
ncl their fight for statehood. “If
|he Palestinians were killed ex-
me woman, her children would
on the struggle, ” Shaka, dres-
a brown silk robe over a green
talgown, told the nearly 1,000
|s residents crammed into the
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60 watt AM/FM stereo/cassette with separate
power amplifier and bi-amplified audio output
Jensen’s top-off-the-line AM/FM stereo/cassette receiver
Specifications
Frequency Response: 30 Hz-15 kHz (—3dB)
Continuous Average Power Output: Per Channel: 30 watts
Total System: 60 watts
Pbwer Per Channel, Bi-Amp Mode:
Bass Amplifier: 25 watts
Treble Amplifier: 5 watts
Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.4% @ 52 watts, 1 kHz
Useable FM Sensitivity (Mono): 1.0nV/75n (11.3 dBf)
50 dB Quieting Sensitivity (Mono): 2.5 isV/75n (19.2dBf)
FM Selectivity: 60 dB
FM Stereo Separation (at 1 kHz): 30 dB
Capture Ratio: 1.5 dB
Signal-to-Noise Ratio, (FM Tuner): 73 dB
(w/Dolby)
Wow and Flutter: 0.15%
Tone Controls:
Bass ± 10 dB @100 Hz „ ^ ^ „
Treble ± 10dB@ 10kHz T icf (3?0 00
Loudness Compensation: +6dB @ 100Hz
Stock No.:] 1021 t
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Power is right.
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6'x9 # TriaxII Specifications
For installation in vans and automobile rear decks.
Maximum Continuous Power
Handling Capability 100 watts RMS
Useable Frequency Response 38-40,000 Hz
~ ~ _45-20,000 Hz< *6dB)
Sensitivity (4 volts (e 1 1 meter).
Impedance
Midrange diameter _
Midrange type
Tweeter diameter
Tweeter type
Crossover
Grille
_(1 watt @ 1 kHz) 0.6%
103 dB SPL
4 ohms
6" x 9"
_Cone
-2"
Dimensions
Mounting centers.
Mounting depth
Weight
Piezoelectric
1 kHz 6 dB per octave rolloff
Black acoustically transparent
weather resistant Durajen* 250
GH" W x 9'/2 w L x 3 7 /&" D
Suggested selling price.
98.4mm
i lbs. per speaker
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Model 405
Specifications
Frequency Response: 30 Hz-15 kHz (±3 dB)
Continuous Average Power Output:
Per Channel: 5 waits
Total System: 10 watts
Total Harmonic Distortion: 1% @ Bwatts: 1kHz
Useable FM Sensitivity (Mono): 1.5 [xV/75o (14-8dBf)
50 dB Quieting Sensitivity (Mono): 2.5 nV/75n (19-2 dBf)
FM Selectivity: 60 dB
FM Stereo Separation (at 1 kHz): 30 dB
Capture Ratio: 1.5 dB
Signal-to-Noise, (FM Tuner): 68 dB
Wow and Flutter: 0.15%
Tone Controls: T • j. QQnOO
Bass ±io dB@ 100 Hz L.1SI
Treble ±10dB@ 10 kHz
Loudness Compensation: +6 dB @ 100 Hz C A f fT
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10 watt AM/FM stereo/cassette
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299
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Coax II Specifications
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Maximum continuous power handling
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90 watts RMS
Useable frequency response
38-20,000 Hz
Qualified frequency response
45-15 kHz ( 6 dB)
Total Harmonic Distortion
0.8%, (1 watt @ X kHz)
Sensitivity (4 volts @ 1 meter)
101 dB SPL
Impedance
4 ohms
Woofer size
6" x 9"
Tweeter diameter
3"
Tweeter type
Direct Radiating Cone
Crossover
2500 Hz, 6 dB per
octave rolloff
Grille
Black acoustically transparent
weather resistant Durajen* 250
Dimensions
6 5 /h"W x 9>/2"L x 3 7 /s"D
168.2mmW x 241.3mmL
x 98.4mmD
Mounting centers
4 5 /s"W x 6 9 /i6''L
117.4mmW x 166.7mmL
Mounting depth
3 7 /h"
98.4mm
Weight
S-Vie lbs. per speaker
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