Alosi's trip is just part of the assimilation process.
For Wolfe, the play revealed how links between generations are lost in the assimilation process.
With D'Antoni finally getting on the bench, the assimilation process should accelerate.
But injuries, unfamiliarity with teammates, simple disregard or some other combination has made the assimilation process take longer than expected.
And as the assimilation process comes full circle, Mr. Garcia said, part of the growing market consists of "people who don't normally eat tortillas".
"Foreign-born parents are distraught over the assimilation process for their kids," said Daniel T. Lichter, a professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell who has long studied marital assimilation and was the lead author of the study.
For immigrants, the lure of sports was, and remains, an essential part of the assimilation process, and for Jews pouring through Ellis Island in the early 1900s, the key sport was boxing.
"I'm sure they may make it easier," Buford said of the effect that Duncan, Parker and Ginobili can have on the assimilation process that international players face when they join the N.B.A. Splitter said Ginobili had been important to his growth on and off the court.
Let us review the assimilation process.
Outcomes are conceptualized as reflecting the combined effect of the assimilation process and the persistent impact of source country culture.
