Representative Sample of Immigrants

from Philip Greenspun
Four immigrants to the U.S. who were selected at random:

Soccer enthusiast Mikhail Baryshnikov

Came to the U.S. from the Soviet Union in 1974; liked to spend time with slender young women.

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Publix shopper Lionel Messi

Came to Miami from Argentina/Barcelona in 2023; enjoys wearing Adidas sneakers and kicking soccer balls.

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Yiddish scribbler Isaac Bashevis Singer

Came to the U.S. from Poland in 1935; Nobel Prize in Literature 1978. Politically conservative, noting 'The Jew's worst enemies were always those elements that the modern Jew convinced himself (really hypnotized himself) were his friends'.

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Boston Red Sox fan Susumu Tonegawa

Came to the U.S. from Japan in 1963; antibody diversity genetics; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1987.

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