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Kieschnick decided to tackle the image problem head on, and three years ago he teamed with Joe Kelly, a father of twin 21-year-old daughters, to start Dads and Daughters, a lobbying group that has since attracted 2,000 members around the country. Through letter writing, e-mail campaigns and phone calls, the organization has successfully persuaded the CEOs of eight companies such as Campbell's and Sun-In to pull ads that perpetuate negative stereotypes for girls. Says Kelly: "Since most CEOs are men, we write to them dad to dad and ask them, 'Is this the message...
...children, researchers often find that a close relative is affected by some aspect of the disorder. A sister may engage in odd repetitive behavior or be excessively shy; a brother may have difficulties with language or be socially inept to a noticeable degree. In similar fashion, if one identical twin has autism, there is a 60% chance that the other will too and a better than 75% chance that the twin without autism will exhibit one or more autistic traits...
...brain either were never made or do not function at an optimal level. "When you look at these images, you can see what's not there," she says, conjuring up an experience eerily akin to looking at side-by-side photographs of Manhattan with and without the Twin Towers...
...reigning nat goddess, the Muslim princess Mae Wunna who converted to Buddhism, is said to have died of a broken heart when her twin sons were executed by a jealous King. They now rule by her side, enclosed in a glass shrine along with 34 other life-size plaster images bedecked with bright scarves and with the offerings of hopeful devotees at their feet...
...tiny Hashemite Kingdom has been free of serious violence, but no country is more anxious about the region's descent into conflict. A map will tell you why: Jordan is caught between Israeli-Palestinian clashes to the west and a threatened U.S. attack on Iraq to the east. Those twin crises could wreck the country's trade-driven economy. "We're doing our best to make the situation better," says Hodeib, "but what can we really...