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There are differences between Asperger's and high-functioning autism. Among other things, Asperger's appears to be even more strongly genetic than classic autism, says Dr. Fred Volkmar, a child psychiatrist at Yale. About a third of the fathers or brothers of children with Asperger's show signs of the disorder. There appear to be maternal roots as well. The wife of one Silicon Valley software engineer believes that her Asperger's son represents the fourth generation in just such a lineage...
...Dutch Inter-Church Peace Council (I.K.V.), which serves as a model to anti-nuclear organizations elsewhere in Western Europe: "Arms control, the step-by-step approach, has not worked. Our overall goal?all nuclear weapons out of Europe?will be a long process, but it can begin here." Says Volkmar Deile, secretary of Action for Reconciliation, one of West Germany's most influential peace groups: "Talking to the superpowers about disarmament is like talking to drug dealers about stopping drug deliveries...
...step-by-step process of limiting nuclear arms on both sides. Said Eppler: "We have reached a point where the confrontation of the superpowers in Europe could threaten the survival of the whole continent, especially the survival of West Germany." An even more pessimistic view was expressed by Volkmar Deile, a leader of the Action for Reconciliation, an organization linked to many Protestant church antinuclear groups. Said Deile: "There is an increasing feeling in Germany that talking to the superpowers about disarmament is like trying to persuade drug dealers to stop deliveries of dope. The feeling is that they...
...Spiegel, was the KGB boss for West Germany, and it put the finger on Russia's popular press attaché in Bonn, Aleksandr Bogomolov, 46, as Vorontsov's successor. It also made much of his close friendship with the Krupp group's press chief, Count Georg-Volkmar Zedtwitz-Arnim...
Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 (the Austria State Symphony, Volkmar Andreae conducting; International Masterworks, 2 sides LP). This C-minor symphony is almost a brevity compared to the lengthy ones that followed, but just as fine in form and spirit. Performance: good. Recording: fair...