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...critics will laugh, but in an era when national security requires that we pretend our President is a sage who would never say nuke-yoo-ler, we could use a national leader we're allowed to laugh at. And when you're running your book club and reaping the profits from B Magazine, you'll be laughing back. --By James Poniewozik
...have zoos in the first place? So we can watch animals acting nothing like themselves in a plastic environment? So we can point at orangutans and pretend we're learning something about them when in fact we're simply capitalizing on their misery? So zoo gift shops can sell lots of "I Survived the Snake House" t-shirts? Proponents of zoos say that the public needs to see animals up close so we will be moved to fund habitats around the world. But try telling that to the unlucky beasts who get to waste away in thralldom so other animals...
...critics will laugh, but in an era when national security requires that we pretend our President is a sage who would never say nuke-yoo-ler, we could use a national leader we're allowed to laugh at. And when you're running your book club and reaping the profits from B Magazine, you'll be laughing back...
...that is sometimes a problem. For a time, in fact, Tommy's fascination with his toys was so strong that when they weren't around he would pretend to be the toys, transforming from a truck into a robot or morphing into a kitten. He would do this in the mall, in the school playground and even in the classroom. His teachers found this repetitive pantomime delightful but disturbing, as did his mother...
...pointing by 1 year --No babbling by 1 year; no single words by 16 months; no two-word phrases by 24 months --Any loss of language skills at any time --No pretend playing --Little interest in making friends --Extremely short attention span --No response when called by name; indifference to others --Little or no eye contact --Repetitive body movements, such as hand flapping, rocking --Intense tantrums --Fixations on a single object, such as a spinning fan --Unusually strong resistance to changes in routines --Oversensitivity to certain sounds, textures or smells...