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Virtually unknown to doctors five years ago, Fragile X has come to be recognized as a leading cause of mental retardation among newborns in the U.S., second only to Down's syndrome. It produces disabilities ranging from learning difficulties, especially in math, to mental retardation, often accompanied by such benign physical abnormalities as oversize ears, an elongated forehead, enlarged testes and double-jointedness. Recent research also suggests that Fragile X may be responsible for one out of ten cases of autism, a mysterious condition characterized by extreme withdrawal and refusal to communicate. At one time, autism was often blamed...
...long Puerto Rico has suffered from a policy of benign neglect by the United States, which is a shame because Puerto Rico is in an unique position in a sort of limbo between the United States and Latin America, so it is so important that the U.S. learn more about us to better communicate with Latin American nations," said Capella...
...growing in Washington that the creative period of the Reagan Administration is over, and the prospect is for two years of drift while the thoughts of the nation turn increasingly to the post-Reagan era about to begin. Some longtime Reagan loyalists outside the Government even find that a benign idea. Asks one veteran of the first term: "Is it so bad to have two years of comfortableness...
...term is familiar by now, but the "necklace" is so benign a description that it barely hints at the horror of one of the world's most savage forms of execution. This is how it happens. In the townships of South Africa, militant black youths first capture a victim. Next they chop off his hands or tie them behind his back with barbed wire. Finally they place a gasoline-filled tire over the terrified victim's head and shoulders and set it ablaze. The melting rubber clings like tar to the victim's flesh, while flames and searing fumes enshroud...
...Both magazine and man became institutions of sorts: The New Yorker as an elite but powerful voice in the worlds of literature and journalism, Shawn as the primary force behind its tone and style. His control over editorial matters was absolute; nothing ever happened at the magazine without his benign approval...