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...doubt there is one parent or autism sufferer who has not been outraged by the TV-autism "connection." It is unfortunate that precious time, energy and money have been wasted on such a warped theory. I am autistic myself, and I am very certain there is more to the autism epidemic than genetics, TV or even the weather. The medical community unfortunately is deaf to commentary from those with autism and gives too much credence to so-called studies like the one from Cornell University. Jagannath Chatterjee Orissa, India...
...Janus was a leading distributor of foreign films--such instant classics as Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries, with Bibi Andersson (above), and François Truffaut's Jules and Jim. Janus later spawned the Criterion Collection, the ultra-classy DVD outfit. Now the child is paying tribute to the parent company, with a 13-lb. 12-oz., foot-wide box containing 50 discs of wonderful films once handled by Janus, plus a 240-page, lavishly illustrated book. With important works by Jean Renoir, Sergei Eisenstein and Michelangelo Antonioni, this package really is essential--the perfect starter set for a full film...
...writer is president of Families with Children from China-New England, a volunteer parent support group...
...Zhang says, fashionably groomed in a cable-knit sweater and tweed shorts. “When I was applying to college, everybody expected me to fail, because I wasn’t fitting into the stereotype of a good Asian child, according to the traditional Asian parents. Among my parents’ friends, no parent told their child, ‘Be like Peipei,’†she says. In high school, Zhang excelled academically and participated in a slew of extracurriculars, but it was her outgoing personality that stood out: teachers told...
...pool record since he works so hard in practice.†Rathgeber matched his classmate’s victory total by winning the 200-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley. Harvard managed another 1-2-3 finish in the individual medley event, as sophomore Tim Parent and junior Michael Bowen finished second and third respectively, finishing two and four seconds behind Rathgeber. Rathgeber is currently undefeated in the 200-yard breaststroke event on the season. Although Rathgeber has enjoyed considerable success this year in his individual competitions, the disappointment of not winning their second consecutive meet...