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Though many adopted children went on to live contented, successful lives, others suffered from the start and were slow to heal, a phenomenon largely ignored by the mental-health community. The visceral sense of loss, psychologists suggest, even in the case of infant adoptions, is an abiding , wound, too little understood. Adoptees represent 2% of the U.S. population, yet by some estimates they account for one-quarter of the patients in U.S. psychological treatment facilities. "There are many issues that are particularly critical for adoptive families -- issues of compatibility, intellectual mismatches, personality conflicts," says Ruth McRoy, a University of Texas...
...skin three times too big," recalls Sheila Anderson, director of the infant's shelter at C.I.I. Crack babies frequently have trouble keeping down their food. Given to spasms, trembling and muscular rigidity, they resist cuddling by arching their backs, an early sign of what some studies suggest may be lasting neurological and emotional disorders. In pediatric intensive-care units around the country, they fill the night air with their inconsolable "cat cries," a distinctive high-pitched whine that conveys who knows what inexpressible misery...
Both men seemed to suggest that once a peace is negotiated, the U.S., which has supplied more than $3 billion in military and economic assistance over the past decade, will recede to the political sidelines. Cristiani said that after a settlement is achieved, "this military aid should turn into economic aid and keep on flowing into the country while it recovers economically." < Villalobos, who called for an end to U.S. military aid, voiced skepticism that the Bush Administration "would choose to continue indefinitely its support for the war." He also hoped for "proper relations" with the U.S. Last week...
...result, faculty members often findthemselves questioning whether Spence's ambitiousplans have come at the expense of short-termresults. Some even suggest that the dean'sdeliberative style can function as an excuse forinaction...
Unfortunately, although the authors of They Never Said It explain these circumstances, they do not really suggest that Sheridan might be lying. They may be trying for objectivity, but given the book's title, the reader is sure to conclude that Sheridan's side is the one to pick. This lack of clarity is disturbing, considering that many of the book's statements have to do with politicians like Nixon, Stalin and Lenin--that is to say, people who should not be taken at their word...