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...which areas of the brain light up when they hear tapes recounting their most troubling memories. So far, the signals in the amygdala appear to be more active in those with PTSD than in those without. In addition, signals to the prefrontal cortex of PTSD subjects seem to be weaker than in those without the disorder. Perhaps this explains why the patients still feel threatened even when they are perfectly safe...
...when he was younger, growing up in New York City, Moynihan used to augment his income by picking on smaller, weaker newspaper boys—or so onlookers thought...
...example, we might take a student with slightly weaker scores, who had worked in the Peace Corps, or Teach for America, or on a presidential campaign,” McCarthy said...
Hawks like Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Defense Policy Board chief Richard Perle strongly believe that after years of American sanctions and periodic air assaults, the Iraqi leader is weaker than most people believe. Rumsfeld has been so determined to find a rationale for an attack that on 10 separate occasions he asked the CIA to find evidence linking Iraq to the terror attacks of Sept. 11. The intelligence agency repeatedly came back empty-handed. The best hope for Iraqi ties to the attack--a report that lead hijacker Mohamed Atta met with an Iraqi...
...Without the certificate program I’d be giving a much weaker signal. I could say I was interested in Latin America but I’d have nothing to prove it,” he said...