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Technology can play a supporting role. Some dyslexics supplement their reading with books on tape. (Indeed, in 1995, the Recording for the Blind organization changed its name to Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic in recognition of that fact.) Because their condition affects the ability to write as well as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Science of Dyslexia | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

"I love mining," says Fogle. "If I had to work in a factory, I'd go nuts. You can't walk away from it. The challenge. It's something different every day. It's Mother Nature--that's what you're fighting. You're taking the coal from it. It...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nine Came Up. One Went Back | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

It is not too much. For proof, see Dirty Pretty Things, an English film written by Steven Knight and directed by indie vet Stephen Frears. On its face, this could be called an expose of the inhuman condition. Illegal immigrants trade their organs for fake passports, and the dangerous operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer Raises Its IQ | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

(2 of 2) "Lies! A bunch of outright lies!" Uzan says of the Motorola complaint, which among other things charges the family with using libel and extortion to intimidate its enemies. Judge Rakoff, he claims, is anti-Turkish. "He is biased against Turkey, against the Turkish people." As for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Just Business As Usual | 7/27/2003 | See Source »

The Smithsonian owns the desk on which Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, but my thoughts keep wandering back to that recipe. Jefferson bothered to find the recipe from a French acquaintance, to write it down, to keep it in good condition and to give it to his cook back...

Author: By Jessica S. Zdeb, | Title: Scraps of History | 7/25/2003 | See Source »

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