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Congratulations to TIME and Claudia Wallis for the very fine cover story on autism [May 15]. I have been researching and teaching about autism for more than 30 years, and I believe that hers is one of the most accurate and useful articles to appear in the popular press. Autism is being rethought because of fresh insights from individuals with autism and the scientific community. Bravo for having made that new information accessible to the general public...
...Harvard undergraduates.If approved by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) this fall, the change will create a “school within a school,” which would remain part of FAS. Undergraduates would retain their affiliation with Harvard College. Indeed, the change’s ramifications appear to be minor, yet positive—except for the promised faculty-hiring spree (which is arguably long overdue anyway), the biggest change seems to be cosmetic. A school is a whole lot easier to sell than a division. Harvard seems to be taking the bait.Nonetheless, new money and fresh...
...amount of criticism by the opposition (including the Liberal Party candidate Horacio Serpa), policy setbacks or even corruption scandals that have tainted his administration appear to have seriously damaged Uribe's mass appeal. "Nothing seems to affect his popularity, neither the good nor the bad," said political analyst Fernando Cepeda. "What determines his popularity is the overriding perception that he is a man who kills himself working and he's doing the best...
...Hamas leaders have also previously said that their willingess to adopt such a position will have little bearing on the situation, since Israel has no intention of withdrawing to those borders. Neither side wants to appear to be a spoiler, so each is usually willing to go through the motions, knowing full well they probably won't lead anywhere...
...there is another more likely reason for the outcry on Capitol Hill. Rather than an isolated incident, Republican leaders view the FBI raid as another example of the Bush Administration's expansion of executive branch power, and they appear to have lost patience. Says Bob Stevenson, spokesman for Majority Leader Bill Frist, "There's a real separation of powers issue here." And one Senate leadership aide says the feeling is Bush has gone too far this time...