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When Ridgway moved into his new house on south 348th Street in Auburn nearly five years ago, one of the first things he did was cut down all the trees on the property. "That had some neighbors pretty pissed," says Clem Gregurek, 69, a former Boeing employee whose house is next to Ridgway's. "He was one of those quick, hyper people," says Gregurek. "He was nervous. He was fast in everything he did. He was even fast mowing the lawn." Before moving to Auburn, Ridgway lived in Des Moines, Wash., only a few minutes' drive from the strip...
...still be on the U.S. short list of states that support terrorism, but it also supports the most vital national art cinema of the past decade. Last year every Iranian film seemed to be about Afghanistan and its flood of emigrants into the Islamic Republic. This year another threatening neighbor, Iraq, is the focus of anxiety. Dariush Mehrjui's Bemani tells of a young Iraqi woman who befriends an Iranian soldier and is beheaded by her outraged father. But the film doesn't blame only the Iraqis. Two Iranian fathers beat their daughters, one because she didn't tell...
...have a 6-year-old son with autism [SCIENCE, May 6]. When his condition was diagnosed, I thought I was the only one dealing with this disorder. Now everyone I talk to has a son, brother, cousin or neighbor with autism. Bringing this topic into the open will help us find out why so many of our children are afflicted with this disorder. Thank you for helping families get the word out. KATHY RIZZACASA Dorchester, Mass...
...strikes on the so-called camps, besides having the capacity to start a fierce ground offensive," says one Pakistani general. "We have set our defenses accordingly and we are prepared for a limited war in and around Kashmir." For now, Pakistan says it is attempting to placate its neighbor by targeting Islamic militants on its soil. Late last week, diplomats were indicating that India was considering giving Pakistan one last chance. But like India, Pakistan too has a limit to its patience. "No matter what Musharraf does, it will never be enough for India," says one Western diplomat. Adds...
...sibling may produce a dramatic twist in the murder trial of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel. So far, relative after relative has backed up Ethel Kennedy's nephew, who is on trial in Norwalk, Conn., for the 1975 murder of his teenage neighbor Martha Moxley. He has said he was nowhere near the murder scene - Moxley's home, across the street from the Skakels' in Greenwich - at 10 p.m. that Oct. 30, the time forensic experts estimate Moxley died. And last week Skakel's elder brother Rushton Jr. and cousin James Dowdle testified that the defendant left home...