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That promise is the root of the problem, but after hours on the phone with Julie, it's clear Tricia thinks there's been a breakthrough and that compromise is suddenly possible. They already agree on one goal. "I spoke to former President Gerald Ford on April 23," Julie says, "and once the Bebe money is dispersed, he'll make it his personal crusade to get the Nixon library into the federal system." On Friday Julie was changing her schedule around to be at Tricia's side for a literacy event whose host was First Lady Laura Bush on Monday...
Neuroimaging studies confirm what scientists long suspected: autistic brains don't react to facial cues the way normal brains do. But in one regard the conventional wisdom was wrong. In a breakthrough study, Karen Pierce at the University of California at San Diego has shown that when faces of strangers are replaced by faces of loved ones, the autistic brain lights up like an explosion of Roman candles...
...country by the military government, had been invited in. As TIME went to press, what had been strongly rumored for days?that Suu Kyi would be freed, and details of an agreement between her and the junta announced?had yet to occur. But all the signs pointed to a breakthrough delayed, not denied. "We are certain she will be released," said NLD vice chairman Tin Oo, "but we can't say when...
...That promise is the root of the problem, but after hours on the phone with Julie, it's clear Tricia thinks there's been a breakthrough and that compromise is suddenly possible. They already agree on one goal. "I spoke to former President Gerald Ford on April 23," Julie says, "and once the Bebe money is dispersed, he'll make it his personal crusade to get the Nixon library into the federal system." On Friday Julie was changing her schedule around to be at Tricia's side for a literacy event whose host was First Lady Laura Bush on Monday...
...expect a breakthrough. Israeli officials say they plan to hold their positions in Ramallah and Bethlehem until the surrender of Palestinian militants believed to be holed up there. And even after Israeli troops leave, they may go back into West Bank towns to stage "pinpoint operations" against terrorists trying to regroup. But the Israeli offensive may only invite a more savage Palestinian response. Militants belonging to al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades told TIME they are preparing to avenge last week's arrest of top Arafat deputy Marwan Barghouti. And they believe the U.S. should share the pain. "Now," says a senior...