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Unitl
America ns believe no one sta nds still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falli
ng beh ind. This
attitude results in a n atio n of
researching, experimenting
people committed to
and exploring. Time is one of
the two eleme nts that America ns save carefully, the other being labor .

said. Time is treated as if it were
”
t has been
something almost
real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge
for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the
shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a
person
'
hourglass , they cannot be replaced . We want every minute to count.
A foreigner
'
s first impression of the U.S. is li kely to be that every one is in a rush
-- often un der pressure . City
people always appear to be hurry ing to get where they are
going, restlessly seek ing
or elbowing others as
atte ntio n
they try
in a store,
their to complete
shopp ing. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace
of life in this coun try. Work ing time is con sidered
precious. Others in public eat in g-places are wait ing for you
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to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work
within the time allowed. You also find drivers will
be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations,
and small exchanges with
stra ngers. Don
'
t take it pers on ally. This is because people
value time highly, and they rese nt some one else
bey ond a certa in appropriate point.
Ma ny
the opening
new arrivals
exchanges

“
wast ing ” it
to
of a
the States
bus in ess

will
call,
miss
for
miss example. They
the ritual interaction
or coffee
coun try. They
restaura nt
that may
will
that goes with a welcoming cup of tea
be a conven ti on in their
chats
America ns
surroundings
own
in a
do
over
may miss leisurely bus in ess
or coffee ly,
not assess their visitors in such relaxed

extended small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner , or for around on the
golf course while they develop a sense
and probe professi on ally
talki ng bus in ess
of trust. Since we gen erally assess
rather tha n socially, we start
very quickly. Time is, therefore,
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always ticking
Con seque
ntly
in our inner ear .
,

we work hard at the
produce
we
a steady
task
flow
rapidly
of saving time.
1
We

of labor-saving devices com muni cate
through faxes , phone calls or emails rather
pers onal
than through
for after-work hours or for social weeke
con tacts, which though pleasa nt, take Ion ger -especially give n our traffic- filled streets. We,
therefore, save most personal visiting
nd gatheri ngs.
To us the impers on ality of
little or no relation
matter at hand .In some countries

electro nic com muni cati on has
to the significanee of the
no major bus in ess

is con ducted without eye con tact,


conv ersatio n.
In
n ormally be signed in person . However ,
meet ing in creas in gly on
requiri face-to-face
ng
America, too, a final agreement will
people are
televisio n scree ns, con duct ing
“teleconferences
”
to settle problems not only in this
country but also -- by satellite -- i nternatio nally.
The U. S. is definitely a telephone country. Almost
every one uses the telepho ne to con duct bus in ess, to chat
with frien ds, to make or break social appoi ntme nts, to say
“
Thank you,
”
to shop and to obtain all kinds of in formati on. Teleph
ones save the feet and en dless amounts
of time. This is due partly to the fact that the teleph one service is superb
here, whereas the postal service is less efficie nt.
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Some new arrivals will come from cultures where it is
con sidered impolite to work too quickly. Un less
amount of time is allowed to
as if the task being
not worthy of proper
a certa in
elapse , it seems in their eyes
con sidered were in sig nifica nt,
respect. Assignments are,
con seque ntly, felt to be give n added weight by the passage of time. In the
U. S., however , it is taken as a sign of skillfu In ess or being compete nt to
solve a problem,
or fulfill a job successfully, with y, the more important a task is,
the more capital, energy, and attention will be poured in to it in order to

“
get it moving.
”
Unit2
Lear ning the Olympic Stan dard for Love
Nikolai Petrovich Anikin was not half as intimidating as I had imagine
d he would be. No, this surely was not the ex-Soviet coach my father had
shipped me out to
meet.
But Nikolai he was, Petrovich and all. He invited me inside and sat down on
the couch, patting the blanket next to him to get me to sit next to him. I was
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so nervous in his presence.

for Olympic Games, I guess you will be able to do this. Nagano Olymp ics
too soon for you, but for 2002 in Salt Lake City, you could be ready.

I was a promising
amateur skier, but by no means the top skier in the country.
ere will be many hard training sessions, and you will cry, but you will im
prove.
To be sure, there were countless training sessions full of pain and more th
an a few tears,
but in the five years that followed
I could always count on being encouraged by Nikolai's amusing stories and
sense of humor.

girls,
practice, practice, practice in
the stadium. And by the next year, I had cut 1-1/2 minutes off my time in
the
15-kilometer race!

in the movies, you go in the dance, you go out with girls, but I am prac tice,
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practice, practice.'
Here the story usually ended, but on one occasion, which we later learn
ed was his 25th wedding anniversary, he stood proudly in a worn woolen
sweater and smiled and whispered,
ore I ever kiss a girl! She was the woman I later marry.
otherwise, Nikolai knew love.
His consistent good humor, quiet gratitude, perceptivity, and sincerity set
an Olympic standard for love that I continue to reach for, even though my
skiing days are over.
Still, he never babied me.
One February day I had a massive headache and felt quite fatigued. I came
upon him in a clearing, and after approximately 15 minut es of striding
into the cold breeze over the white powder to catch him, I fussed,
kolai, I feel like I am going to die.

to my pain.

did what he said.
On other matters, though, I was rebellious.
Once, he packed 10 of us into a Finnish bachelor's tiny home for a low-bu
dget ski camp. We awoke
the first morning to find Nikolai making breakfast and then made quick w
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ork with our spoons
while sitting on makeshift chairs around a tiny card table.
When we were finished, Nikolai
stacked the sticky bowls in front of my sole female teammate and me, ass
erting,
I threw my napkin on the floor and swore at him,

He never asked this of me again, nor did he take much notice of my outbu
rst. He saved
his passion for skiing.
When coaching, he would sing out his instructions keeping rhythm with
our stride:
my grandfather, after viewing a copy of a video of me training with Nik olai,
asked,
In training, I worked without rest to correct mistakes that Nikolai pointe d
out and I asked after each pass if it was better.

ugh?

—
then be perfect,
reminding me in an I've-told-you-a- billion-times tone,
nt.
Nikolai's patience and my hard work earned me a fourth-place national ra
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nking heading
into the pre- Olympic season,
but then I missed the cut for the 2002 Olympics.
Last summer, I returned to visit Nikolai. He made me tea... and did the
dishes! We talked while sitting on his couch.
Missing the Olympic Team the previous year had made me
pause and reflect on what I had gaine
—
d not the least of which was a quie
t, indissoluble bond with a short man in a tropical shirt.
Nikolai taught me to have the courage, heart, and discipline to persist, e
ven if it takes a billion tries.
He taught me to be thankful in advance for a century of life on earth, and to
remind myself every day that despite the challenges at hand,
love, love, love.
Unit 3
Marriage Across the Nations
Gail and I imagined a quiet wedding. During our two years together we had
experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to know,
understand, and respect each other. But through it all we had honestly
confronted the weaknesses and strengths of each other's characters.
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Our racial and cultural differences enhanced our
relationship and taught us a great deal about tolerance,
compromise, and being open with each other. Gail
sometimes wondered why I and other blacks were so
involved with the racial issue, and I was surprised that she
seemed to forget the subtler forms of racial hatred in
American society.
Gail and I had no illusions about what the future held for us as a married,
mixed couple in America. The continual source of our strength was our
mutual trust and respect.
We wanted to avoid the mistake made by many couples of marrying for the
wrong reasons, and only finding out ten,
twenty, or thirty years later that they were incompatible, that they hardly
took the time to know each other, that they overlooked serious personality
conflicts in the expectation that marriage was an automatic way to make
everything work out right. That point was emphasized by the fact that Gail's
parents, after thirty-five years of marriage, were going through a bitter and
painful divorce, which had destroyed Gail and for a time had a negative
effect on our budding relationship.
When Gail spread the news of our wedding plans to her family she met
with some resistance. Her mother, Deborah, all along had been supportive
of our relationship, and even joked about when we were going to get
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married so she could have grandchildren. Instead of congratulations upon
hearing our news, Deborah counseled Gail to be really sure she was doing
the right thing.

his color the problem, Mom?
mother.
about a mixed marriage, prejudices you might even call them. But when I
met Mark I found him a charming and intelligent young guy. Any mother
would be proud to have him for a son-in-law. So, color has nothing to do
with it. Yes, my friends talk. Some even express shock at what you're
doing. But they live in a different world. So you see, Mark's color is not the
problem. My biggest worry is that you may be marrying Mark for the same
wrong reasons that I married your father. When we met I saw him as my
beloved, intelligent, charming, and caring. It was all so new, all so exciting,
and we both thought, on the surface at least, that ours was an ideal
marriage with every indication that it would last forever. I realized only later
that I didn't know my beloved, your father, very well when we married.


worst many times. I'm sure that time will only confirm what we feel deeply
about each other.

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You're only twenty-five.
Gail's father, David, whom I had not yet met personally, approached our
decision with a father-knows-best attitude.
He basically asked the same questions as Gail's mother:

status?
Citizenship department, he immediately suspected that I
was marrying his daughter in order to remain in the United
States.



care of them himself,
we were discussing marriage that if I had any doubts about anything, I
should not hesitate to cancel our plans.
Her father proceeded to quote statistics showing that mixed couples had
higher divorce rates than couples of the same race and gave examples of
mixed couples he had counseled who were having marital difficulties.

he asked.


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will have some problems, but whose children don't? But one thing they'll
always have: our love
and devotion.

marriages.

doubt before we acted, very little would ever get done.

Unti4
A Test of True Love
Six minutes to six, said the digital clock over the
information desk in Grand Central Station. John Blandford, a tall young a
rmy officer, focused his eyesight on the clock to note the exact time. In si x
minutes he would see the woman who had filled a special place in his li fe
for the past thirteen months, a woman he had never seen, yet whose wri
tten words had been with him and had given him strength without fail.
Soon after he volunteered for military service, he had received a book fr
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om this woman. A letter, which wished him courage and safety, came wit
h the book. He discovered that many of his friends, also in the army, had
r eceived the identical book from the woman, Hollis Meynell. And while th
ey all got strength from it, and appreciated her support of their cause, Joh
n Blandford was the only person to write Ms. Meynell back. On the day o
f his departure, to a destination overseas where he would fight in the war,
he received her reply. Aboard the cargo ship that was taking him into ene
my territory, he stood on the deck and read her letter to him again and
aga in. For thirteen months, she had faithfully written to him. When his
lett ers did not arrive, she wrote anyway, without decrease. During the
difficu lt days of war, her letters nourished him and gave him courage. As
long as he received letters from her, he felt as though he could survive.
After a sh ort time, he believed he loved her, and she loved him. It was as
if fate had brought them together.
But when he asked her for a photo, she declined his request. She explain
ed her objection:
is, what I look like won't matter. Suppose I'm beautiful. I'd always be both
ered by the feeling that you loved me for my beauty, and that kind of love
would disgust me. Suppose I'm plain. Then I'd always fear you were writ
ing to me only because you were lonely and had no one else. Either way, I
would forbid myself from loving you. When you come to New York and you
see me, then you can make your decision. Remember, both of us are free
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to stop or to go on after tha
—
t if that's what we choose...
One minute to six... Blandford's heart leaped.
A young woman was coming toward him, and he felt a connection with
her right away. Her figure was long and thin, her spectacular golden hair l
ay back in curls from her small ears. Her eyes were blue flowers; her lips
had a gentle firmness. In her fancy green suit she was like springtime com
e alive.
He started toward her, entirely forgetting to notice that she wasn't wearin
g a rose, and as he moved, a small, warm smile formed on her lips.

Uncontrollably, he made one step closer to her. Then he saw Hollis Mey
nell.
She was standing almost directly behind the girl, a woman well past fort y,
and a fossil to his young eyes, her hair sporting patches of gray. She wa s
more than fat; her thick legs shook as they moved. But she wore a red ro
se on her brown coat.
The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away and soon vanished in to
the fog. Blandford felt as though his heart was being compressed into a
small cement ball, so strong was his desire to follow the girl, yet so deep
was his longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and b
rought warmth to his own; and there she stood. Her pale, fat face was gen
tle and intelligent; he could see that now. Her gray eyes had a warm, kindl
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Blandford resisted the urge to follow the younger woman, though it was
not easy to do so. His fingers held the book she had sent to him before he
went off to the war, which was to identify him to Hollis Meynell. This wo uld
not be love. However, it would be something precious, something per haps
even less common than lov
—
e a friendship for which he had been, a nd
would always be, thankful. He held the book out toward the woman.

—
you are Ms. Meynell. I'm so glad you c
ould meet me. May I take you to dinner?
ow what this is all about, son,
en suit
—
the one who just went by
—
begged me to wear this rose on my
c oat. And she said that if you asked me to go out with you, I should tell yo
u that she's waiting for you in that big restaurant near the highway. She sa
id it was some kind of a test.
Unte5
Weeping for My Smoking Daughter)
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bench in front of her and her calculator clicking out answers to her geom
etry problems, I am looking at the half- empty package of Camels tossed c
arelessly close at hand. I pick them up, take them into the kitchen, where t
he light is better, and study them -- they are filtered, for which I am gratef ul.
My heart feels terrible. I want to weep. In fact, I do weep a little, stand ing
there by the stove holding one of the instruments, so white, so precise ly
rolled, that could cause my daughter's death. When she smoked Marlboros
and Players I hardened myself against feeling so bad; nobody I knew ever
smoked these brands.
She doesn't know this, but it was Camels that my father, her grandfather,
smoked. But before he smoked cigarettes made by manufacturers -- when
he was very young and very poor, with glowing eyes -- he smoked Prince
Albert tobacco in cigarettes he rolled himself. I remember the bright-red t
obacco tin, with a picture of
Queen Victoria's partner, Prince Albert, dressed in a black dress coat and
carrying a cane.
By the late forties and early fifties no one rolled his own anymore (and
few women smoked) in my hometown of Eatonton, Georgia. The tobacco
industry, coupled with Hollywood movies in which both male and female
heroes smoked li ke chimneys,
completely won over people like my father, who were hopelessly hooked by
cigarettes. He never looked as fashionable as Prince Albert, though; he
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continued to look like a poor, overweight, hard working colored man wit h
too large a family, black, with a very white cigarette stuck in his mouth.
I do not remember when he started to cough. Perhaps it was unnoticeab
le at first, a little coughing in the morning as he lit his first cigarette upon
getting out of bed. By the time I was sixteen, my daughter's age, his breat h
was a wheeze, embarrassing to hear; he could not climb stairs without r
esting every third or fourth step. It was not unusual for him to cough for a n
hour.
My father died from
when his lung illnesses had left him low. I doubt he had much lung left at all,
after coughing for so many years. He had so little breath that, during his last
years, he wa s always leaning on something. I remembered once, at a
family reunion, when my daughter was two, that my father picked her up for
a minute -- long enough for me to p hotograph them -- but the effort was
obvious. Near the very end of his life , and largely because he had no more
lungs, he quit smoking. He gained a couple of pounds, but by then he was
so slim that no one noticed.
When I travel to Third World countries I see many people like my father a nd
daughter. There are large advertisement signs directed at them both: the to
ugh, confident or fashionable older man, the beautiful,
woman, both
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dragging away. In these poor countries, as in American inner cities and on
reservations, money that should be spent for food goes instead to the toba
cco companies; over time, people starve themselves of both food and air,
effectively
weakening and hooking their children, eventually killing themselves. I re ad
in the
newspaper and in my gardening magazine that the ends of cigarettes are s
o
poisonous that if a baby swallows one, it is likely to die, and that the boile
d water from a bunch of them makes an effective insecticide.
There is a deep hurt that I feel as a mother. Some days it is a feeling of
uselessness.
I remember how carefully I ate when I was pregnant, how patiently I taug ht
my daughter how to cross a street safely. For what, I sometimes wonde r;
so that she can struggle to breathe through most of her life feeling half
her strength, and then die
of self- poisoning, as her grandfather did?
There is a quotation from a battered women's shelter that I especially li ke:
on earth begins at home.I believe everything does. I think of a
quotation for people trying to stop smoking:
zone.
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sit by, occasionally joke or complain, and helplessly watch. I realize now that
as a child I sat by, through the years, and literally watched my f ather kill
himself: surely one such victory in my family, for the prosperou s leaders who
own the tobacco companies, is enough.
Uint6 a
For her first twenty-four years, she'd been known as Debbi
—
e a name that
didn't suit her good looks and elegant manner.


One day, while filling out an application form for a publishing job, the young
woman impulsivelysubstituted her middle name, Lynne, for her first name
Debbie.


myself... and other people started to take me more seriously.
Two years after her successful job interview, the former waitress is now a
successful magazine editor.
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