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...Autism is almost certainly, like cancer, many diseases with many distinct causes. It's well known that there's a wide range in the severity of symptoms - from profound disability to milder forms like Asperger syndrome, in which intellectual ability is generally high but social awareness is low. Indeed, doctors now prefer the term Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). But scientists suspect there are also distinct subtypes, including an early-onset type and a regressive type that can strike as late...
...quickly evolved into montage masterworks by artists like EPMD, the Beastie Boys, and De La Soul.But, not surprisingly in our über-litigious country, the golden age of sampling didn’t last. In 1990, Vanilla Ice had his fifteen minutes of shame trying to explain the profound difference between his “Ice Ice Baby” beat and the Queen and David Bowie song “Under Pressure,” which apparently revolved on a grace note difference so subtle that only classically-trained musicians like Mr. Ice (but not the original musicians...
...response to a global disease outbreak, including bird flu, warns that state and local law enforcement may have to enforce isolation or even quarantine procedures in certain cases to try to contain the pandemic. Such measures, which would be undertaken with the help of the National Guard, illustrates the profound potential consequences of a severe flu pandemic, which could require medical care for a substantial percentage of the world?s population, close schools and businesses and disrupt government services when they are needed most...
...third mistake was less profound: My remarks opened the door for misinterpretation, especially by left-wing bloggers. Within hours, The Nation's perpetually intemperate Eric Alterman was "reporting" that I'd come out in favor of "nuking Iran." Which opened the door for another tedious chorus of "Klein Is not a liberal" and other, more mangy imprecations. Let me give credit where it's due: I probably would not be writing this were it not for all the left-wing screeching. The Stephanopoulos moment came and went ephemerally, as TV moments do, leaving a slight, queasy residue - I knew that...
Wright relies too heavily on bluntly stated epiphanies, and his sincere lyrical tone soon becomes static. Striking images and strange insights are rare; most of the poems are predictably profound. The ending of “The Knowers” is typical: “dead leaves / come back as green / leaves: only / we / don’t return,” he writes. The smell of snow is a recurring motif in the poems, and there is a certain chilly, blandly poetic quality to the volume as a whole...