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Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters, -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.
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I do not believe that speaking proper has anything to do with race or colour. The contemporary over-use of ‘Like’, ‘Y’know’ and double negatives, along with the casual use of expletives and profanities, is clearly cultural. People who couldn’t care less are teaching other people to be the same.
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