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...mysterious problem often surfaces in grade school: for no apparent reason, children have trouble reading. Though they may be intelligent and highly motivated, they still find it hard to distinguish between simple words like bat and pat. Sometimes the malady goes undiagnosed for years; but if the child is fortunate, a teacher or doctor will recognize the signs of a subtle disability called dyslexia, which may affect 10 million Americans...
...audience pitched tents all over the grounds, despite pleas from the stage to do so only in designated areas. Perhaps most telling, the overcrowding made it impossible for workers to empty the 2,800 Port-O-Sans. If there was one thing about Woodstock '94 that was going to distinguish it from the original, it was that the Port-O-Sans would work...
Carrey doesn't distinguish between action and dialogue; he is hyper doing both. He can turn the simple act of listening into power aerobics. His laser stare becomes maniacally penetrating; turning to hear a question, he nearly gives himself whiplash. Then he speaks, with an overbearing precision that suggests Maxwell Smart ranting through a bullhorn. And now he's off again, pogo-sticking or jackknifing about, slipping into his impersonations of Clint or Geraldo or a female bodybuilder or a charred fire marshal. He's a cool doofus -- a grownup version of the class clown...
...another form of neurological dysfunction, like a learning disorder," says Silver. "The child starts doodling because he didn't understand the teacher's instructions." All this is made more complicated by the fact that some kids -- and adults -- with ADHD also suffer from depression and other problems. To distinguish these symptoms from ADHD, doctors usually rely on interviews with parents and teachers, behavior-ratings scales and psychological tests, which can cost from $500 to $3,000, depending on the thoroughness of the testing. Insurance coverage is spotty...
Even if you distinguish yourself as an outspoken and eloquent campus liberal, you're still just another bleeding heart. The only difference is that you bleed particularly well...