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...understands exactly how or why the Fragile X mutation affects the brain. Autopsy studies by IBR Director Henry Wisniewski and his colleagues have shown that the number of connections, or synapses, between brain cells in autistic children with Fragile X syndrome is unusually low and the connections that do exist are not well developed. "In normal adults the connections are short and stubby," says Brown. "In Fragile X, they are longer and thinner, as in newborns. It's as if a stage of development hadn't been achieved. They haven't made the normal contacts between cells...
...there was any connection with Moro, the arrest of the four was a hopeful sign. For one thing, it showed increased police efficiency in tracking down terrorists. At almost the same time, in another demonstration of cooperation, French security guards at Paris' Orly airport picked up Stefan Wisniewski, 25, another of the most wanted 20. Wisniewski, about to board a flight to Yugoslavia, was stopped when a French inspector recognized the alias on his false passport because of information supplied by Bonn...
...Wisniewski was speedily handed over to West German officials. The Zagreb case did not work quite so smoothly. Yugoslav authorities indicated that they would turn over the four West German terrorists. But they also made clear that in return, Belgrade wanted action on longstanding extradition requests involving "Yugoslav citizens who had committed political terrorism against Yugoslavia." Specifically, they wanted eight Croatian nationalists who have sought political refuge in West Germany. Although the vast majority of the 20,000 or so Croatian emigres in the Federal Republic are politically inactive, there have been incidents in which Yugoslav diplomats were murdered, wounded...
...surprises were sophomore Dave Pottetti and senior Tim McLoone. Pottetti took Greater Boston honors Tuesday and bounced back strongly again today in fourth place behind Shorter. Hardin, and Princeton's Eamon Downey just ahead of McLoone. All five men bettered the old course record held by Georgetown's George Wisniewski, Shorter smashing the mark by 53.8 seconds...
Odell then sent Henderson in to line up a field goal, with Wisniewski holding. Wisniewski took the snap, stood up, and flipped the ball to Smith, who had peeled off along the right side and into the end zone. Henderson then kicked the point after to give Penn a 7-0 lead...