European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Computer service offers information on such things As housing medical care Job vacancies child care schools moving and a Hook up costs. Flag also offers families an introduction to the local language and culture but again it centers on the basics. A the goal is self sufficiency a said Ray. Quot we want to whet their appetite for further language stay in touch. Get a subscription to your Hometown paper Force yourself to write letters and Call Home occasionally if you can afford it. Stay up on current events and be prepared to accept the fact that separation can take its toll on Lon distance relationships a i done to think absence always makes the heart grow fonder Quot Borrilli said. A i do think geography separates people not Only physically but emotionally and psychology. Like when Dionne Warwick asks a How can i love you when you re not around a there a something to that. Its a human remember that the european experience is changing you. It May mean you la have less in common with friends and family Back Home. What s still needed. Sleszynski would like to see correspondence courses on history culture and language for who arc on orders to a foreign country. Head also like programs aimed specifically at preventing the abuse of alcohol by new arrivals. The orientation process should also be longer he said. A it might be helpful to have a More sustained program Over two or three months. Now they give you in effect a certificate alter a few Days. You be graduated and Are now Able to venture Forth. It May not be Rosengard believes the military a sponsorship program should be expanded to offer More support for new arrivals. A new people Are always afraid of being a Burden so they done to always ask for help when they need it Quot she said. A a it a so hard to go Knock on someone a door when you re new when you re afraid of being a bother. People who arc already established should be looking out for new people they should be encouraged to offer and finally. Always remember that As an american you cannot help but miss the obscure bits of cultural Bric a Brac that help make up life in the United states. Its unavoidable. A americans want to know everything about the Littlest things in their lives a notes Joel Achen Bach who writes the column Why things arc for the Washington Post. A a they re fascinated with among the letters Achenbach has received Are questions about Why sock and shoe sizes done to match and whether a guillotined head can Sec the Basket on the Way in. The answer to the latter by the Way is yes if the eyes Are open. Don t you feel better already America in �?T92 dog Day care powdered watery Joe Wheelan the associated press a erector sets and push up bras will be fashionable in 1992, and the lowly hot dog will become a Quot haute Quot dog. The american forecaster almanac in predicts. Teenage mutant ninja turtles will run out of steam body building will lose its mainstream following and commitment to environmentalism will Wane in America said the forecaster s author Kim Long. The ninth annual forecaster said baby Boomers continue to drive virtually every cultural trend in the United Stales As they have for 30 years. Quot what Are these people doing in their 40s and 50s? one thing you can count on is something Between outrageous and unusual behaviour for fun Quot Long said. A it wont be necessarily frivolous because these people still have social one thing is certain the Boomers wont let go of the decade when they came of age the whits. In 1002, platform shoes High top Canvas Tennis shoes and Long straight hair for women a All fashions from 25 years ago a will be hot. Quot the �?T60s is still developing As a trend. It s More than a fad. Its become a permanent part of the fashion culture. In a year or so it will be like a Type of clothing an accepted icon like Western Wear Quot Long said. Also on Long a Quot what s hot Quot list for 1992 is powdered water Day care for dogs bottled water with an , longer hemlines for women and quieter appliances. President Bush probably will be re elected the a dress for less Quot trend will gain momentum and menus ties will become blander and possibly narrower after a period of wild patterns Bright colors and wideness Long said. Long makes his predictions after consulting hundreds of sources including scores of Trade publications and interviews with Industry experts. On the Way out will be expensive gourmet dining easy listening radio and urinalysis tests which will be replaced by new tests that measure hand Eye coordination. Erector sets which first appeared in stores in 1913 and vanished from the Market three years ago arc coming Back said Long. He said they have enjoyed a five year surge of popularity in . Cleavage and push up bras Lor women Are part of a trend toward femininity in women a clothing Long said. Quot the male dominated culture helped create the stereotype the Symbol of what women were supposed to be and women bought into it Quot he said. A the phase it is in now it is becoming More overt emphasizing instead of hiding the female depression he said will be Quot the disease of the �?T90s,&Quot As Haby Boomers hit their midlife crises. A depression will replace alcoholism cocaine addiction and prescription drug dependence As the trendy new disease of the decade Quot Long said. Long said the hot dog already is the nation s most popular Sandwich but in 1902 it will be co Majja a thaute dog Quot As restaurants find ways to present it As a Quot High end Quot menu item. Powdered water is about ready to burst upon the Public consciousness he predicted. It is a carefully dried vegetable fat that encapsulates water then releases it when heat is applied. Long said it May find a use in microwaved naked goods usually regarded As inferior to the real thing because of their dryness. Next year will witness an erosion in Environ mental commitment said l Ong As the Public becomes surf edited and bored with a Media overkill a on the subject. Lie said that White the popularity of teenage mutant ninja to lies will dually run its course next year Don t loss those toys in the trash in id or 15 cents there to Haply will be a nostalgia 24. W�?~j1 sunday a Page
