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...Obsessive focus on a narrow interest, such as reciting train schedules --Awkward motor skills --Inflexibility about routines, especially when changes occur spontaneously --Mechanical, almost robotic patterns of speech (Even "normal" children exhibit some of these behaviors from time to time. The symptoms of autism and Asperger's, by contrast, are persistent and debilitating...
...across the country to protest the presidential candidacy of the far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen. As center-right President Jacques Chirac appeared to be heading for a landslide victory in the second round of voting, Le Pen addressed about 10,000 of his supporters in Paris. In contrast to the peaceful gatherings in France, May Day clashes between police and a minority of demonstrators occurred in Berlin, Zurich and London...
...contrast to the documentary asceticism of the guide’s perspective, the scenes played out on the television screens, representing the separate rooms of Gambaro’s original staging, present an array of traditional genres: sitcom, film noir, newscast...
...Contrast the Clinton era trustbusting to the current business reforms initiated in the wake of Enron’s collapse. While Congress is busy focusing on the accounting industry, the rest of the business world is closely watching the efforts of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, a 1984 graduate of Harvard Law Sschool, who is investigating the stock analysts on Wall Street for fraud. Unlike companies that, however foolishly, want to merge in order to grow, the analysts on Wall Street have been consciously deceiving the public for years. Spitzer’s investigation, and the dirt...
Nuclear power plants do not pollute our environment. While they produce radioactive wastes, these wastes are contained and manageable. The nuclear power industry takes full responsibility for all its wastes and includes waste management costs in the price of its product. In contrast, fossil fuel plants—while cleaner than in the past—simply dump their waste products into the atmosphere...