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As we debate TV’s continued relevance in our social media-driven attention economy, generating any level of sustained intellectual interest is difficult.

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At a time when competency in government is questioned, the Library of Congress remains a supreme achievement of intellectual institution-building in the U.S.

In fact the vast majority of new cases involve children without the intellectual disabilities often associated with stereotypical autistic behavior, such as sensitivities to touch and an absence of verbal skills.

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German psychiatric researchers of the early 20th century sought the causes of schizophrenia and other disorders in brain biology, an intellectual current that influenced the doctors who later carried out T4, as Ms. Antonetta writes.

The family in which he grew up was “a very intellectual household, but definitely not people who pursued a ton of career stuff.”

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