Mills Scofield

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The Economic and Social Impact of Language

Mills Scofield

In 2009, 97 American undergraduates studied Bengali , the 7th most spoken language in the world. And, in 2010, Arne Duncan announced that 95% of American college students in language classes were taking European languages. There’s no Rosetta Stone or Pimsleur or Livemocha or BBC Languages or Babel or LingQ. Nobody learns Bengali.

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50 Ways to Leave your Lover: Keep Failing Til the Last Thing You Try Is Successful

Mills Scofield

Back in the fall of 2009, Cindy, one of our customer service representatives, received a phone call that nearly made her fall off her chair. By the end of 2010, we have a prototype adaptation of our Whizard trimmer for tissue processing operating with the original customer, but we know that the tool is unsatisfactory in many ways.