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Smith says she has noticed a "knee-jerk reaction against immigrant issues," which might impair the measure's progress...
...consciousness that embellishes one's image of self with a wealth of autobiographical detail. Damasio calls this extended consciousness, and it requires such a vast capacity for memory that it's probably special only to humans and great apes. Hence, damage to the brain's memory centers can impair a person's extended consciousness while leaving core consciousness intact...
...high school students, mostly during football games. And given the number of headers in soccer, it's no surprise that Dutch researchers report that 50% of all soccer players suffer concussions. What's more, a U.S. study of college football players found that two or more concussions can impair intellectual performance. Tip to parents and coaches: not only blackouts but also dizziness and confusion are signs of a concussion...
...have read her story that it became a test of ethics to ask a journalist, If you had proof the diary was a fraud, would you expose it? The point was that there are some stories the world so needs to believe that it would be profane to impair their influence. All the same, the Book of Anne has inspired a panoply of responses--plays, movies, documentaries, biographies, a critical edition of the diary--all in the service of understanding or imagining the girl or, in some cases, of putting her down...
...just as a forensic tool to catch criminals but even to settle private squabbles, says Professor Lori Andrews of Chicago-Kent College of Law. In a custody case in South Carolina, a judge ordered a man's former wife to be tested for Huntington's because it might impair her ability to care for their children. In another case, a manufacturer demanded a genetic test of an ailing boy in order to show that his illness was caused not by the toxicity of substances made by the company but by his genetic predisposition...