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Unlike speech, which any developmentally intact child will eventually pick up by imitating others who speak, reading must be actively taught. That makes sense from an evolutionary point of view. Linguists believe that the spoken word is 50,000 to 100,000 years old. But the written word--and therefore the possibility of reading--has probably been around for no more than 5,000 years. "That's not long enough for our brains to evolve certain regions for just that purpose," says Guinevere Eden, a professor of pediatrics at Georgetown University in Washington, who also uses brain scans to study...
...shake-out phase, which means that only a relative few resilient players continue to deliver products and services--and profits. This year TIME's survey of global tech leaders salutes the survivors, executives who have made it through the punishment and come out with their businesses not just intact but thriving. Their tales of creative persistence may help inspire the rest of the tech sector to get through the century's next 97 years...
...intelligence is a must. Before venturing into the labyrinth, make an investment in the quirky, illustrated map of Bangkok by Nancy Chandler. It features a detailed ground plan of Chatuchak and with it you might?just might?make it back to the hotel bar with most of your faculties intact. The map is widely available for 140 baht ($3.50) at Asia Books and Bookazine stores throughout the city, or via nancychandler.net...
...facto border penning the Palestinians into about half of the West Bank - a request Israel firmly rebuffed. But pressing the Israelis to release men convicted for killing Israelis won't be easy, with an election season looming. Even if that's what Washington concluded was needed to keep Abbas intact. Because even more importantly, the Bush administration agrees with Israel's position that progress on the roadmap requires that Abbas begin systematically dismantling groups such as Hamas that have waged the terror campaign...
...couples across America will be able to marry not only in Canada (where there are no residency or nationality requirements for marriage) but also in a bona fide American state. There will be a long process of litigation as various married couples try hard to keep their marriages legally intact from one state to another...