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	See me, hear me, touch me. ('facilitated communication' for autistic people) (includes related article) Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 7/27/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...this "facilitated communication" as just another...the promotion of facilitated communication at...example, calls facilitated communication a cruel hoax being "recklessly...might benefit from facilitated communication...
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	'UNIVERSES' THEORY: WAY OUT THERE.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT) Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 8/3/2003; 543 words ; ...that was tremendously damaging to innocent parents. Gardner also takes on a theory called "Facilitated Communication," which he calls a "cruel farce." He notes that, in 1992, facilitators at the UW-Madison became convinced some of...
	Secretary-General says Palermo meeting is declaration against a world where children are raised in fear. M2 Presswire; 12/12/2000; 700+ words ; ...raised in fear (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11122000 Following is...countries from which the victims come, facilitated by practices which discriminate against women, and driven by cruel indifference to human suffering on...
	Description of a struggle: South African theatre since 1970.(South African Literature in Transition) Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...has left a sense of communication and participative interaction...Athol Fugard and his cruel craft: Bloodknot...searching for meaning in a cruel world (and, given...closely with Fugard, facilitated our schooling in what...unquestionable method of oral communication and correctness. And...
	Quorning a new term for really dense writing; Readers show that, like e-mail spam, this new fungus spreads like crazy.(Backfence) Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 3/13/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...science degree in medical communications. After graduation, Ms...Human Resources, where she facilitated programs enhancing organizational...unless you implement programs facilitated by an HR trainer and developer...making this up just to be cruel. My TV viewing is limited...
	BYU student Web site excites kissing controversy News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/10/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...previously impossible at BYU, was facilitated by a new online service, The BYU NCMO...Three computer science majors, a communications major, a business major, an elementary...under the sky...."), some are cruel ("Average girls need not apply...
	Student Web site excites kissing controversy at BYU News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/11/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...previously impossible at BYU, was facilitated by a new online service, The BYU NCMO...Three computer science majors, a communications major, a business major, an elementary...under the sky...."), some are cruel ("Average girls need not apply...
	President Der Bedrosian Delivers Annual Report to Special Session of Newspaper article from: Armenian Reporter, The; 1/28/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...of evident imperfection of the state communication system and this issue should be a serious...winter months of 1993-94, became a cruel yet convincing test of the self-defense...fire. Their existence undoubtedly facilitated the peacemaking mission of the mediating...
	Part Two of Two - Third Committee Approves 14 Texts For Action By General Assembly. M2 Presswire; 11/20/2007; 700+ words ; ...General Assembly(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20112007 Continued...the media and new information and communication technologies to create the conditions...of Iran said respect for diversity facilitated the universal promotion and protection...right to life; freedom from torture, cruel, ...