European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Columns America pays Price for neglecting math science by Dave Barry. T am getting fed up with tin wily american youths keep Iii Ling behind the youths of other nations such us Asia in the i Earls of  and science. .1 was reminded of this problem just this morning while listening to the , which works by Means of. L ii invisible pieces of Elmerl Sicily cylk a Static that shun Liming ihi1 air until Lime strike your sneaker and break into individual units of sound notes  Are Small enough  record. Remember thai was a great formal. You Tould . Iss in a pile you could Tanh diem in household detergent ant you could skim them across a gymnasium Floora Alhout harming their sound Quality. And America was Strung Bui then just about the time when foreign nation smiled to infill Rale the electronics Market we snarled to see a new format. 33 a rpm which Nul rely involved a Csc Ion but also had a tiny Hole that was much harder to fit Onlo the record player spindle on those occasions when you had a remit it. Been drinking Bourbon directly from a shoe. Nevertheless we ill replaced our record collections a soon As we were finished buying All new 33 jump records they came out Wilh eight track tapes so we bought those Anil then we Liou Juht cassettes id  the eight tracks. Now liar Long been forced to buy a ise Lial in Fri Sutiri a lipid Rifle roof ants by Cannibal and the had hurlers in four different formats we Are once again forming a , Minimi consumer Iward to rebuild our entire music. Collections this time in the form of compact discs an allegedly wondrous new format which if you is amino it nok exactly like a. 45 rpm record. These people Are toying Wilh us they Are laughing heir Heinds off. Over in Asia you know How when you buy an appliance such As a Var the ill auctions Are Prin Lud in six a in Iii Ijes but the English version is always unintelligible so thai you consider ii to be a science achievement Milestone when six hours later you Are finally Able Losel the clock Well did you Ever  the instructions in the other five languages say they say warning. These Are not real instructions. These arc joke instructions designed to keep americans crouched on their family room floors staring ii Thi appliance Wilh no More comp Hemion Ihn n shrimp examine a nuclear submarine while Over Here in Asia we gel farther and farther i head Lia Hai Welt i say enough is enough. I say it s Lime  the american  system emphasized science again the Way it did when 1 was in Iyih Sci i l biology class and we were inns tally slicing frogs into Liny pieces with Laboratory racers. Not Only Dicle obtain invaluable Fror parts for use in a ground breaking prank involving Loi inc Delvicchio s brassiere but we also Learned an Imper Laimit science. A Mon namely that  animals found in  Cre Nelu Aljy  us of tiny cells , Whit a thro urn a sexual practice   . Divide themselves into two tells then finer then eight and so on Fasler and faster never even Pius Iii for a cigarette so tha Lyou d eventually Winil it a Lily frogs  of Tju Onset Hilts  in lurid if re were not for 1liimvitur.il  to by razor wielding american biology students. I  i a Getling let , Quinin people. But it just so hip a Rulh it  in a highly technical Iii very. As was discovered by a Herl l Nislein. A Brilliant Genius who had his hair styled ii mister Bob s i Louse of High voltage Nislein Privi a  Jill ought the universe appears very  to the naked Eye it is actually filled Wilh relativity and literally thousands of very  Itu Lecuk s failed atoms alums Tan lie used for peaceful purposes Suth i to form mailboxes but also  Phuol Thurm from. Missiles they a in  Chiin Refl Ion Ami kill everybody in the world which is Why the great. Challenge you Young people face Lor Iho fuliin.1 is n learn to use them wisely , min. Of Young people i have Hiven you ,1 Sulish technical background Here limit now it s a  to work Towi ird achieving tour ambitious goal of ,1 As a Malinn Lew Ilu pid. I wifi you lilt a and i look  the  Iliyn ii Civ in in America is a scientific Power to in re lord will All Over the Earth. Diphl up in the Edge. Tired hostess needs new tactics for House guests by miss manners United feature dear miss manners Over the years our Home has been a slopping off place fur Many people for Fellowship fond and a bed. In the summer we often have live in company cd Sluus groups of friends or i Tiv Csc for up to three months. Further friends who  away have come to Cipcer me to have an open door for heir College age kids. As ,1 result i have found there is no peace in our Home no Limilo have a private dial Wilh our own four College students the food budget i huge the wet towels and dirty bed linens arc constant. When i am taken for granted in this Type of giving it Niakas me angry and anxious for More free time for Mysell. A Vern 1 try to explain this to the regulars let y feel hurl no Miller How i word it. How would you find peace when for years you be had relatively none because of a constantly used Home All the people i refer  Lovely but i guess i m third from such hard work and constant interruption. My friends Ell me i m Lucky hat people lilt it Here. I love people bul where is the balance in this Day of split Humes ind mobility Uherc Are lots of single kids in their it ens and 20s Louring for a Home base. As a wife and Mother whose blessings arc1 innumerable i d like to share them without being taken for granted. Where docs one draw the line and How docs one do it be title Reader at the risk of sounding like of unhelpful friends. Miss manners would like to say that your living arrangements sound Ideal to her. A bustling household where  sustenance is supplied to Young people who Are Lovely in return is surely a wonderful a if in which to live for you and your children is Well is for your guests you know Phil or you would t be doing this. You probably also know i hat you need t worry about a too peaceful which is to say too lonely old age because it will doubtless be full of required love from the Many people with whom you have shared i our blessings Over the years. To Levi a  does t help with the wet towels and dirty bed linens does if miss manners must remind you that i is Yow household and your Imit Klmle family a and that you must set the rules for your guests. No Lair minded people could take  offence if your needs As Well As theirs Are put Forward. Until by to learn How they can do something fur you in return. Dear miss manners there Are several Adius in our group friends for Many years who Lake vacations together go to plays House Tours whatever so thai everyone always Lias a partner. One lady when calling to Salt you to accompany her always tells you about he people she has ask Cit before you and Why they can t go. You always decl As though you re about 10th on her list ind it lakes away All the Joy Don l you think it would be Kinder nol to mention the ones before you gentle Reader indeed it would by.  her approach May contain some vague Hope of inspiring your compliance through pity does not Mike ii any less disagreeable or rude. However miss manners believes in encouraging politeness through politeness rather than punishing rude nth with rut Leness. She would there for Gippri i i it if you a Nuri lest this by replying. In the next such invitation Why i d love to i always enjoy excursions w i la you. When you have an Itle ii Why Don t you think of me first it would give me  much longer to look Forward to  he e ,1 in thru i on Vlku Utley a attn to a us atan prs in  of the stars and stripes Ai o 09211 your Ted lion it lube on Verdeil to her. Miss my regrets that she fun Tower Iii Effiom Only in tier column 1989 stripes Mig Izine