This liberal over-reach not only offended his heartfelt belief that immigration must be balanced by assimilation (Mr Tancredo is himself the grandson of Italian immigrants who came to America without being able to speak English).

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Segregation and a marked lack of assimilation by many immigrants fuels this divide, and the Dutch find themselves arguing over what it means to be Dutch.

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Assimilation varies by nationality.

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Another, paradoxical, reason may be that Jews in America are now threatened with extinction, not by persecution, but through assimilation and intermarriage.

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Billed as the first annual Index of Immigrant Assimilation, the study was written by Duke University Professor Jacob Vigdor.

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"Assimilation, American Style, " by Peter D.

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Being good at handling ambiguity is never the result of uncultivated talent, but rather extremely disciplined thinking, gained by years of focused study, careful apprenticeship, knowledge assimilation, and discarding hundreds of would-be good ideas.

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Over the past few decades Malaysian leaders have, by and large, sought to encourage both national unity and individual diversity through integration, not assimilation.

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