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...birth defect - an enzyme deficiency - causes severe mental retardation, epilepsy and disfigurement of features. "The retardation is in the severe range - an IQ around 25," Dr. Tarby says. Afflicted children are missing portions of their brain, often cannot sit or stand, and suffer grand mal seizures and encephalitis. Language skills are nonexistent or minimal. "I remember one little girl has a fascination with coins and the only word she could say was 'money,'" the doctor said. Families whose children are affected often avail themselves of state-funded medical care, consistent with the FLDS philosophy of seeking government aid - despite their...
...Take the love with which she describes a Singaporean-Chinese cook in Queens: "In Singapore, there were men like him who sat around hawker centers at night over a Guinness Stout and a cigarette - men who wore open-necked shirts and small gold chains around their neck. They would sit for hours at a time, then grunt an observation, tap the cigarette on the ashtray and then shake their heads." Images like this make the reader want to read Poon on Singapore, not London, Toronto or New York City...
...sit right back and you’ll hear a tale about 11 people stranded on a desert island, their clashes with the native culture, and their fierce struggles for power. “Castaways,” the freshman musical comedy about the troubles of island life, opens April 18 in the Adams House Pool Theatre. The Roving Reporter got tired of talking to his volleyball, so he decided to go find out what the play’s cast and director were up to.Matthew C. Stone ’11RR: What do you do for the freshman musical...
...naming a song in an Icelandic tongue (“Ljósmyndir”). Just as Newcombe promises his soul will bring “many… presents for the children” in the album opener, the record features delightful pieces that make you want to sit on the floor of your room and mellow out. When the haunting sounds and incessant beats on “Who Cares Why?” or the African drum and sitar-fueled beauty of “Who Fucking Pissed In My Well?” surround...
...recent years, that aim has been overtaken by the allure of private sector careers.Clyde I. Howard, a 1991 graduate of KSG’s mid-career program and a consol general in Barbados, details the difficulty in becoming a member of the Foreign Service. To be eligible, applicants must sit for an exam (designed to eliminate 90 percent of applicants), go through an interview process, and attend a series of individual and group exercises. For Howard, this process took close to two years to complete.It is these two years without good hours or pay that drive people away from...