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Nonetheless, much about the contra fund diversion remains unknown. Who ordered the diversion, and where did the money go? Answering those questions will be one of the main objectives of the Iranscam independent counsel, Lawrence Walsh, and the Senate and House committees that are also probing the scandal...
Playwright Janusz Glowacki, 48, understands these frustrations all too well. After his novel Give Us This Day, about the birth of Solidarity, was banned by the Polish censor in 1981, Glowacki arrived in the U.S. as a virtual unknown. Hunting Cockroaches, which opened off-Broadway last week, transmutes his struggles into vibrant farce devoid of self-pity. During an emblematic sleepless night, as nightmare figures ranging from an immigration officer to condescending liberals pop out from beneath their bed, the pragmatic couple never complain of life's unfairness. They accept having to prove themselves. They just wish it would...
Virtually unknown to doctors five years ago, Fragile X has come to be recognized as a leading cause of mental retardation among newborns in the U.S., second only to Down's syndrome. It produces disabilities ranging from learning difficulties, especially in math, to mental retardation, often accompanied by such benign physical abnormalities as oversize ears, an elongated forehead, enlarged testes and double-jointedness. Recent research also suggests that Fragile X may be responsible for one out of ten cases of autism, a mysterious condition characterized by extreme withdrawal and refusal to communicate. At one time, autism was often blamed...
Second, the Urdu language, which seems to pose serious problems for Rosenthal, is not unknown in Australia either, for it is the national language of the Pakistanis and many of the Indians who migrated to that country. In fact, Urdu (along with Hindi, which is a closely related language written in different characters) is a language spoken by most people in the Indian subcontinent, and their descendants in all parts of the world so that it is now the second important language in Great Britain. In terms of the number of people speaking it, Urdu and its Hindustani/Hindi analogues rank...
...amidst the rubble of lab benches Dewitt's eyes were greeted by a strange sight. It was hard to describe...sort of like a cross between Motown, Saturday Night Live and low-budget horror films. Consulting his dog-eared copy of Halliwell's Film Guide, Dewitt quickly identified the unknown quantity...