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November 10, 2000Volume 29, Number 10



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"The Internet affords one a certain amount of privacy that allows one to engage in compulsive behaviors. Not many studies have been done in compulsive computer use. It warrants further attention."

-- Assistant professor of psychiatry Dr. Marc N. Potenza, "Internet Addicts Know Their Fix is a Mouse Click Away," New Haven Register, Oct. 26, 2000.

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"There are lots of possibilities [why sales records show black customers pay higher car prices] but none of them is inconsistent with old-fashioned racial discrimination by dealers."

-- William K. Townsend Professor of Law Ian Ayres, "Extra Costs on Car Loans Draw New Legal Attacks," The New York Times, Oct. 27, 2000.

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"We have the Electoral College for reasons that made sense 200 years ago. The framers of the Constitution were afraid that people across a very broad continent wouldn't have enough knowledge about candidates. That doesn't apply now that we have national media."

-- Southmayd Professor of Law Akhil Amar, "Keeping an Eye on the Votes that Count; Federal Monitor Ready if Snags Hit Electoral College," The Washington Post, Oct. 27, 2000.

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"[U.S. diplomat George Kennan is] profoundly a moralist. He's a preacher. Yet on [another] level he's saying foreign policy shouldn't be based on moral considerations."

-- Professor Emeritus of History Gaddis Smith, "American Sage," Boston Globe, Oct. 26, 2000.

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"High concept directors are more interested in the heights of their own concepts than anything Shakespeare ever wrote. They destroy the plays."

-- Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom, "Taking His Bard Straight Up," Boston Globe, Oct. 27, 2000.

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"[Infants] are filtering everything that comes to them, whether it's toxic or nutrient. It's scary stuff."

-- Clinical professor of psychiatry Dr. Kyle Pruett, "Second Opinion," The Washington Post, Oct. 31, 2000.

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"People get tired of being afraid. Watching people lose their fear is rewarding."

-- Graduate student in the Department of Psychology Bethany Teachman, "Spiders Inspire Terror All Year Long," New Haven Register, Oct. 31, 2000.

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"It's a challenge, but [doctors] have to be able to have a positive supportive relationship with patients without being judgmental or intimidating. We have to help patients deal with problems, whether it be smoking, drinking or substance abuse, without having a holier-than-thou attitude and condemn them."

-- Humana Foundation of Geriatric Medicine Professor of Internal Medicine Dr. Leo Cooney, "Major Medical Mystery: Why People Avoid Doctors," The New York Times, Oct. 31, 2000.

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"Schools tend to be one of the most rigid institutions our country has."

-- Sterling Professor of Psychology Edward Zigler, "Larger Role Urged for Schools; Educators See Need to Serve Whole Community," The Kansas City Star, Oct. 31, 2000.

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"Political and intellectual history are not in fashion in the academy."

-- Sterling Professor Emeritus of History Edmund Morgan, "In the Name of the Fathers," The Boston Globe, Nov. 1, 2000.

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"The students responded to the vernacular small cottages in the neighborhood."

-- Dean of the School of Architecture Robert A.M. Stern about the New Haven home designed and built by School of Architecture students, "This Is the House That Students Built," The New York Times, Nov. 2, 2000.

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"The rest nag you, call you, and don't add much revenue."

-- Associate professor at the School of Management Ravi Dhar about the adage that 80% of profits come from 20% of a company's customers, "Why Service Stinks," Business Week, Oct. 23, 2000.

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"We have reached what may be a natural evolutionary point for a media-saturated democracy. And perhaps it makes sense. Better to judge candidates on their ability to manipulate than be manipulated unwittingly. At some point, a brave candidate may fight the trend and urge us to put aside the spin and focus on the issues. Will voters be willing to follow this leader? Depends on the color of his tie."

-- Assistant professor at the School of Management Jonathan Koppell in his article "Commentary; In Postmodern Politics, Style is Substance," Los Angeles Times, Oct. 30, 2000.

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"Inflation is regarded by most people as an insidious disease. One thing that's characteristic of the times we're living in is that confidence is high, and one reason is because people think inflation has been solved."

-- Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics Robert Shiller, "Fed Watchful Over Public's Expectations on Inflation," The Plain Dealer, Oct. 22, 2000.

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"From telementoring to telesurgery, this is a team thing, not a personal thing, and the team's going to have to work together."

-- Professor of surgery and gastroenterology Dr. Richard Satava, "Surgery From Afar is Close at Hand," USA Today, Oct. 25, 2000.

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"People get used to sleepiness."

-- Director of the Yale Center for Sleep Disorders Dr. Vahid Mohsenin, "Wake Up and Get to Sleep!" New Haven Register, Oct. 29, 2000.

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"Picture a tug of war with a massive, muscular giant at each end of the rope. People are caught in the intersection of these forces. There are the healthy few who manage not to yield, but nearly everybody has at least a little of one problem or another."

-- Director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders Dr. Kelly Brownell, "Watching Volunteers, Experts Seek Clues to Eating Disorders," The New York Times, Oct. 24, 2000.

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"There are certain people in town for whom the idea of a parking structure is anathema. . . . [W]e don't want to open up a hornet's nest, but the city could end up . . . turning away desirable development because no one can figure out how to deal with the cars."

-- Professor of architecture & urbanism Alan Plattus about the Yale Urban Design Institute's proposed municipal parking facility for Milford, "Milford Parking Garage Plan Gains Momentum," Connecticut Post, Oct. 26, 2000.

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"Premature birth at less than 1,000 grams birth weight (approximately two pounds), is a major cause of developmental disability. Infants in this birth weight range represent almost one percent of all births in our country, and the survival rate for these infants is well over 80 percent. But the incidence of handicap is high."

-- Professor of pediatrics and neurology Dr. Laura Ment, "Fragile Future; 'Micro-Preemie' Babies Can Now Be Saved, But Developmental Risks are Great," New Haven Register, Nov. 2, 2000.


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Peabody to launch program on biodiversity and human health

Albee applauds 'dangerous' dramas

Trio of sisters harmonizing at School of Music

Yale College Dean's Office announces new staff


ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS

Scientists from Yale, China enter new partnership

Tufte will talk about design 'In the Company of Scholars'

Gordon Grand Fellowship hosts visit by marketing expert


MEDICAL SCHOOL NEWS

Globalization brings ethical responsibilities, philosopher says

Exhibit illustrates the connections between Yale, the rail and sports

Junior faculty members will pursue research on fellowships

Yale licenses researchers' new technology for screening ion-channel drugs

The custom of arming slaves to be explored in major conference

Oscar-winning alumna

Possession by dybbuk to be explored in Slifka talk

Scholar is honored for linking biblical stories with ancient societies' social ecology

Linda Schwartz honored for her 'selfless service' on behalf of veterans

Concerts will feature early sacred music

Remington to discuss new book on Darwin

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