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...according to Dr. Eric Hollander, an attending psychiatrist at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City and an expert on autism, there is evidence that the "repetitive thoughts and behaviors, rigid routines and rituals and perfectionism" that characterize both autism and anorexia may be traced to the same regions in the brain. Imaging studies of patients with either condition have found variations in the activity of brain regions like the anterior cingulate cortex, for example, where disruptions contribute to obsessive-compulsive behavior and aberrant social behaviors...
...What's even worse, this Open was supposed to have significant recession-fighting qualities. The location is advantageous - Bethpage Black is just a par-5 from New York City, a ravenous sports market whose economy hasn't completely crashed. The fans would be loud and ready to spend. Also, terrific story lines were going to amp up even more interest - Tiger Woods, who got through six holes on Thursday and was one over par, trying to repeat as U.S. Open champ; New York fan favorite Phil Mickelson playing in his first major since his wife was stricken with breast cancer...
...from July 19, "In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960-1976," an exhibition at New York City's Museum of Modern Art, gives visitors an opportunity to explore the movement's early days, when artists like Gilbert & George and Lawrence Weiner commuted back and forth across the Atlantic, overthrowing artistic norms. "The movement of the artists from one continent to another became a part of the process, and inspired the happenings and conceptual art they sought to build," says curator Christophe Cherix...
...leader up there whose power is unquestionable is broken." -Azar Nafisi, the author of two memoirs about life in Iran, on how Khamenei's decree that the election results be reviewed - which he issued shortly after praising Ahmadinejad's "divine victory" - has undermined his claim to absolute authority. (New York Times, June...
...conducting the interdictions, it does permit U.S. and allied warships to challenge vessels suspected of ferrying arms and nuclear components on the high seas. The international community, including traditional North Korean protector China, seems to be willing to try to thwart Pyongyang's nuclear proliferation efforts, as the New York Times first reported on June 16. "I've been talking with the Chinese since the late [1970s] about North Korea," former U.S. negotiator Evans Revere, now president of the Korea Society, told a Senate panel last week. Beijing's attitude is shifting. "I've had a couple of Chinese officials...