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...almost exclusively here in France that scientific research on cave conservation has been done, and our policies are rigorous." And ever more so. In 1994, 30,000-year-old paintings were discovered in Chauvet cave, recalibrating the timescale of cave painting. Only researchers are allowed in, and in light of Chauvet's fragility - and Lascaux's experience - that is unlikely ever to change...
Such descriptions shed light on seemingly self-destructive behavior like biting, scratching, spinning and head banging. For people like Rajapatirana, banging against a wall can be a useful way to tell, quite literally, where their head is at. "Before we extinguish [such behaviors], we need to understand what they are telling us," writes Judith Bluestone, a Seattle-based therapist who is autistic, in The Fabric of Autism...
...EASY TO SEE WHY A PARENT would fight to get a child placed here. Who wouldn't want this calm, orderly world for an anxious child with all the sensitivities of autism? Alpine, in Paramus, N.J., has 28 students, ages 3 to 21, in six gleaming, light-filled classrooms. The staff-to-child ratio is 1 to 1. The $72,223 tuition is covered by the state--federal law requires a free education for children with disabilities in an "appropriate" setting...
...wish to cut ties with Western allies to show independence from Washington, filling their bank accounts in the meantime. In 1995, the Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission reached an agreement for Russia to stop selling weapons to Iran in exchange for the lifting of American prohibitions on certain technology exports. In light of this precedent, it may be sensible to offer compensation for the lost Iranian profit, as certain negotiators have requested. If we cannot count on their ideology, we can count on our checkbooks. Iran might be the most sensitive issue, but it is not the only one. With...
...President and Goss tried to put the best light on things when they jointly announced the resignation in the Oval Office. "I would like to report to you that the agency is back on a very even keel and sailing well," Goss said after Bush said that he had accepted Goss's resignation. But to use the nautical metaphor, the seas are more turbulent than Goss allowed...