August 9, 2007 edition


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COVER STORY:

Talking the talk

at Holy Family

Barscy Minoza likes writing.
She did a lot of it in the Philippines, from where she emigrated last year. She practiced in both her native language and in English.
"Even in the Philippines, we used to write English," said Minoza, 16. "They start (teaching) English from kindergarten."
But that didn’t stop her from wanting to refine her English skills before starting her sophomore year at South Philadelphia High School.
So, Minoza has spent the last five weeks at Holy Family University with 19 other students from a dozen countries all focused on . . . .

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EDITORIAL

It’s time to rebuild

Do you get butterflies in your stomach whenever you drive your car on the "singing" part of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, realizing that at any second you might drop into the mortal and mighty Delaware River?
If driving on suspension bridges or drawbridges doesn’t worry you in the least, you’re living in la-la land and you need to pay close attention to what’s been happening in Minneapolis . . .

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