Word: tracts
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...literary bombast. His memoir "A Youth in Babylon: Confessions of a Trash-Film King" is a marvel of evocative high-comic writing. And stay tuned for the sequel!) So Meyer, deciding it was "time to bust out of the industrial film format," concocted a black-and-white Bible-bustin' tract called "Lorna...
DIGESTION SHUTDOWN The brain stops thinking about things that bring pleasure, shifting its focus instead to identifying potential dangers. To ensure that no energy is wasted on digestion, the body will sometimes respond by emptying the digestive tract through involuntary vomiting, urination or defecation
...speculation isn't entirely surprising: he heads a quirky group called Reseau Voltaire, which defends free thought and speech from a perceived host of nefarious threats. More surprising was the rush of French readers, who had so earnestly commiserated with a wounded America, to get a copy of the tract. French observers say the fascination has more to do with the entertainment value of spooky, over-the-top conspiracy scenarios than it does with blossoming anti-American paranoia. The publisher, Carnot, plans to release an English-language translation this month and an additional 18 foreign-language versions by September. What...
...association Réseau Voltaire defends free thought and speech from a host of nefarious threats, Meyssan's unconventional speculation on 9/11 isn't entirely novel. More surprising was the rush of French readers, who had so earnestly commiserated with a wounded America, to get a copy of the tract. French observers say the book's fascination has more to do with the sheer entertainment value of spooky, over-the-top conspiracy scenarios than it does with any blossoming of anti-American paranoia in France. The publisher, Carnot, plans to release an English-language translation this month and an additional...
...develop mental retardation or autism. Among these compounds, as National Institutes of Health researcher Dr. Karin Nelson and her colleagues reported last year, is a potent molecule known as vasoactive intestinal peptide. VIP plays a role not only in brain development but in the immune system and gastrointestinal tract as well, a hint that other disorders that so frequently accompany autism may not be coincidental...