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Dyslexia can't be cured, but imaging studies show that some remedial programs that help children learn sequential sound-letter relationships can rewire those circuits.
WSJ: Dyslexia Workarounds: How Henry Winkler, Gov. Dan Malloy, Delos Cosgrove Got Creative to Get Ahead
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In Finnish, exceptionally, each letter makes a single logical sound and there are no irregular words.
ECONOMIST: Education reform
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That's good news for taxpayers, but it didn't sound like it in a letter sent to some taxpayers.
FORBES: You have the right to be terrified
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With the help of a few guest players and the inclusion of the viola, lap steel, upright bass, mandolin, and piano, "Letter To You" has a rich sound characteristic of the 8-piece indie-pop-orchestral band Margot and the Nuclear So and So's.
NPR: Dish: 'Cold Is'
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The researchers say in Italian, letter groups almost always represent the same unique sound from word to word.
BBC: Scientists find cause of dyslexia
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When encountering an unknown word in kindergarten, we were told to sound it out, understanding it letter by letter.
FORBES: American Political Economy Is No Different From English Language
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And the big banks could stick to the letter of the Basel rules and appear to be sound, when in fact they were massive, fiendishly complex and impenetrable institutions taking insane risks.
BBC: If banks are treated as naughty kids...
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In one incident, officials in the Carter administration discovered the prince had deliberately mistranslated an important letter from the then Saudi ruler, King Fahd, to President Sadat of Egypt, to make it sound more conciliatory. (This was at a time when Sadat was being vilified in the Arab world for signing the Camp David peace accords with Israel.) Freelancing seemed to come naturally to the prince.
ECONOMIST: Prince Bandar bin Sultan was an envoy like no other
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And several senators wrote a letter -- others in the House, as well -- saying that they believe that the science is not sound and that this -- what is the President's reaction, what's your reaction to this e-mail controversy?
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing