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...Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.” (History...
...Percentage of American Roman Catholics who think priests who have sexually abused a minor should be barred from the priesthood...
...neuroimaging study, Pierce observed, the fusiform gyrus in autistic people did not react when they were presented with photographs of strangers, but when photographs of parents were substituted, the area lit up like an explosion of Roman candles. Furthermore, this burst of activity was not confined to the fusiform gyrus but, as in normal subjects, extended into areas of the brain that respond to emotionally loaded events. To Pierce, this suggests that as babies, autistic people are able to form strong emotional attachments, so their social aloofness later on appears to be the consequence of a brain disorganization that worsens...
...normal brains do. But in one regard the conventional wisdom was wrong. In a breakthrough study, Karen Pierce at the University of California at San Diego has shown that when faces of strangers are replaced by faces of loved ones, the autistic brain lights up like an explosion of Roman candles...
...Hussein, peace was the key to the Kingdom's future. Under Abdullah, however, Jordanians are no longer counting on it. "Israelis are proving they just want more and more land," said Ali, 30, a civil servant, as he strolled through the Roman ruins of Jerash in northern Jordan last week. "I don't think peace with Israel is possible." But his friend Mustafa, 32, a teacher, is optimistic. "This is not the peace we dreamed about," he said. "But eventually, we will wake up from this nightmare." His fellow Jordanians can do little more than hope he is right...