People can be encouraged to retain their native tongue when they move. Kids who read in their language often have stronger skills because of the mutually reinforcing two forms of the language. From the first moment you sit in a ext chair, your body says, wow. Can your current office chair give you a massage? Ex chair can. And thanks to x chairs patented dynamic variable lumbar, or d v l, your lower back will never be comfortable in another chair again.
A long-awaited report confirms rumours that have consumed Boris Johnson’s premiership. He may be weakened, but early signs suggest he will not fall. One year after Myanmar’s military coup, the protest mood has not faded; the murderous junta is failing to rule and the country is falling apart. And the pain of losing one’s native tongue in a foreign land.
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