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9 Oc tober199--l

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Iwriteilln-plyto yo u rrequestforarefere nceforJohnKino.

Ihan-knownJohnfo rcfghtyears. h avingbeeninthesa me<-lassash imth rou gho u tH ig h

Schoolandhavtngremainedill touchwith himduringtheth reeimme nsel yprofitableyears

Ispen tat Exet erUniversity.

YOIl me-ntion theproblemofstud e nts whofind ithardtoadaptto aIlCW environmentandto

makeIllOWIrteuds.InJohn'scase,th e re is absolutely no causeforconcern.John'srecent

voluntaryworkinHwnndaisevidenceofhi s ab ilityto adapt.and;L~formaking frien ds, there

a n.' fl'\\'people;L~soci abl eas John.lieh as ab righ t.positi venaturewhich. toge th erwithh is

lIIa llY social skills. wouldquicklywinh ima lar ge numberofFrien dsin anynewenvironment.

Ia lsobt ,lip\·t' thatJoh nbastheintelligenceto h and lethe workloadonthecourse.An dif at

timeslit'se-emsto1)('lessthanin d ustrious.Ia mconvincedtha t.givenh iscompetitivespiri t

amihighse lf-pstt-t'm, hewillmanageto excel intheexam in ations.

Till' o nly (lllt'shonmark.in mymind,wo uld1)('OW l'Jo h n'slevelo fEugltsh,wh ich wasnever

h is strongestpoint.However.h is natu rale loqu en ce andconun umcativcneturewouldsoo n

romedvth i s ifIll'wen'lh i ngin Ellglalld, Perhaps,indeed.this wcnkru-ssno longerexists:h is

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accent .Il l'wasubout 24 veurso ld.l m 90tallandwell-built.11('hadsh o rt,d ar k,curlvhair

a nddark l'yt's.Il l' was w:'a ring Wrangle r jeans,b ran d -nowXtkctrainers.a wh itt'T.sllirt with

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th e righ lel bow.Iheardtheboy askDo ris if shewasgoin~tobuyallYduty-In-cgoods before

take-off Sheto ld himshewasn't intereste d;L~shealrcudvhat!t'lIou~htocarry.Thenhe

startcdmlktngaboutthecostofcigarettesinBritain.Ill'claimedthathewaxonlyastuden t.

th a theWiL~planulngtospe ndfourweeksinBritain,undt hai hI' wOllld ll'llx'ahlpto afTordth e

cigare ttes.IIt'said thatto sa\"(' mon eyh p hadI)(m~ht 400 duty-fret·ci~art.'ttt's.hutII('Wil~

worried h{' wOllld gl't ('augh ta t Cllsto ms.whereth e allowalll,{' is only 200, Do ris, lK'!ie\ing she

W,L"sil\i n g mOlley for a poor student.offeredto take 200 ofIh ed~arl'tlt'sthrollghCllstoms for

h im, a m i h egan'IwracartoJlof\ Iarl bo ro in a earrierbag thatsl'(' n wd to(,{llllt'fro m tilt'

duty-f ret' sho p. IdidnotS(' {'Ih e other 200 cigaretksIl{'had SIlPIXlS(,tllyIXlll~hl.

I1I0Whe!il'\"{'Ih at{'wI")1hi ngIhehoy saidwas a trick topersllatl('Doris to earl"), this paekel.

whidlp n 's lllllahlyh t, had preparedin;l(ka neeand fiUt,d\\ithdnlgs,Ialii ahso lull'ly("(·rtain.

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