-- Director of the Center for the Study of Globalization Strobe Talbott, "After the War," "The National," CBC-TV, Nov. 19, 2001.
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"Hispanics are going untreated. They may self-medicate with drugs or alcohol and get into trouble with the law. The rate of depression in Hispanic adolescents is rising and nobody can explain why."
-- Associate professor of psychiatry Dr. Esperanza Diaz, "Language Barriers," New Haven Register, Nov. 8, 2001.
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"If housing crumbles, the economy could be hard pressed to recover."
-- Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics Robert J. Shiller, "The Slump Hits Home," Time, Nov. 12, 2001.
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"Eat your vegetables. Even a salad of iceberg lettuce a day is better than no salad at all."
-- Assistant clinical professor of dermatology Dr. Nicholas V. Perricone about how diet can prevent wrinkles, "The Skin Game, With New Wrinkles," The New York Times, Nov. 18, 2001.
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"We have a really serious problem in terms of the American free speech idea. But it is very American to make money. Between anticensorship and the desire to make money, the desire to make money will win out."
-- Knight Professor of Constitutional Law & the First Amendment Jack Balkin, "Companies Compete to Provide Internet Veil for the Saudis," The New York Times, Nov. 19, 2001.
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"There's been a remarkable degree of self-restraint so far, which I think speaks well for the country in its attitude towards aliens. . . . [A]nd the president's emphasis on the rights of Muslims and Arabs in this country was unprecedented for a president in time of war."
-- Professor of law Peter H. Schuck, "Testing the Resilience of American Values," The New York Times, Nov. 18, 2001.
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"To be very basic about it, the questions is, 'Is the doctor's primary responsibility to prolong life or to relieve human suffering?' No matter how good we get at pain management, there are always going to be a few people for whom we can do nothing and who are suffering unbearably."
-- Clinical professor of surgery Dr. Sherwin Nuland, "Defending Oregon's Assisted-Suicide Law, Four Terminally Ill Patients Try to Stop the Federal Government From Taking Away Their Right To Die With Dignity," People, Nov. 26, 2001.
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"In the U.S., we are still not fully using first trimester screening, partly due to insurance reimbursement issues -- most health insurers pay for only one routine sonogram."
-- Professor of obstetrics & gynecology and pediatrics Dr. Joshua Copel, "New Down Syndrome Test Could Help Diagnose Condition Earlier in Pregnancy," The Associated Press, Nov. 16, 2001.
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"Some of the changes in Asia caused by America's war on terrorism may fade as quickly as the condensation trails of the
B-52 bombers over Afghanistan. But one quiet development marks a major turning point: the re-emergence of Japan's naval forces from constitutionally mandated quarantine. On Nov. 9, with little fanfare, two Japanese destroyers and a supply ship sailed from the Sasebo naval base for the Indian Ocean. The aim of Japan's foray into the area since World War II is to support the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan."
-- Director of publications at the Center for the Study of Globalization Nayan Chanda, "Japan's Navy is Back, and There's No Cause to Be Alarmed," The International Herald Tribune, Nov. 28, 2001.
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"Large numbers of animals were slaughtered, ostensibly in honor of a deity. The priests would then serve the deity in the form of a statue, draw a curtain, and allow it to eat its fill. Then the curtain would be opened and the priests would eat what was left. And, since statues don't eat much in Mesopotamia, the priests and their favored retainers may have eaten pretty well."
-- William M. Laffan Professor of Assyriology & Babylonian Literature William W. Hallo, describing how the ancient recipes in Yale's Babylonian Collection were used, "Corn Bread Stuffing Gives Way to Kippu," The New York Times, Nov. 18, 2001.
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"Medical students by and large are fascinated by anatomy. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say for most of them it's their favorite course."
-- Associate professor of surgery Dr. William Stewart, "Cadaver Class," wtnh.com, Nov. 20, 2001.
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"But if [Al Qaeda members] surrender, we should not lynch them, but rather try them, to promote values that must stand higher than vengeance: to hold them accountable for their crimes against humanity, to tell the world the true facts of those crimes and to demonstrate that civilized societies can provide justice for even the most heinous outlaws. Israel tried Adolf Eichmann. We can try Osama bin Laden, and without revealing secret information, making him a martyr or violating our own principles. President Bush's order for secret military trials undermines these values."
-- Gerard C. & Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh in his article "We Have the Right Courts for bin Laden," The New York Times, Nov. 23, 2001.
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"It takes on sort of a new importance after Sept. 11 to extend community to international students."
-- Director of the Office of International Students & Scholars Ann Kuhlman about a program to match foreign students with local families for Thanksgiving, "'World' Invited To Share Dinner," The Hartford Courant, Nov. 22, 2001.
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"It's always a big mistake to expect some big breakthrough [in artificial intelligence] because your expectations get pretty high. If somebody's expecting [a computer] to behave like the little boy robot in Spielberg's movie, that's not going to happen for a very long time."
-- Professor of computer science Drew McDermott, "Getting To Know Us Humans; Entrepreneur Aims To Help Computers Learn To Understand Spoken English," The Hartford Courant, Nov. 28, 2001.
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"I pride myself on being innovative and being willing to change. You have to mold yourself to the talent . . . you can't insist on doing things if you can't do that. That would be the demise of your team very quickly."
-- Head football coach Jack Siedlecki, "Siedlecki Doesn't Want Yale's Troubles to Multiply," New Haven Register, Nov. 24, 2001.
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"Architecture can help us cope with tragedy. There's an architecture of reassurance and an architecture of provocation. In the case of a tragedy like this, we want architecture to reassure us, to define who we are and our place in this moment."
-- Dean of the School of Architecture Robert A.M. Stern, "Remembering in Bronze & Stone," The Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 23, 2001.
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"The biggest question is not 'can it be done in the Constitution?' but 'should it be done?' unilaterally by the president.' Sometimes, we move so fast to the Bill of Rights, that we forget that the rest of the Constitution is there. The first Article is that the legislative power is vested in the Congress. . . . It's first for a reason."
-- Southmayd Professor of Law Akhil Reed Amar, "Backlash Builds on a Quiet Hill," The Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 28, 2001.
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"By 1989, the Soviet Union was leaving, and so was the United States. As greedy warlords fought for control of what was left of Afghanistan, the country descended into chaos. We had helped the resistance win a war, but we failed to help the people win peace."
-- Visiting lecturer Charles Norchi in his article "Victory Isn't the Only Goal," The Plain Dealer, Nov. 7, 2001.
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"On average, a smoker tries nine times to quit before they actually succeed. It's not easy. And it's very appropriate to ask for help, and the good news is that there really are tools out there -- none perfect, in part because the cigarette is a very effective drug delivery device. I mean, nicotine is inhaled, it gets to the brain in eight seconds."
-- Dean of the School of Medicine Dr. David Kessler, "Dr. David Kessler Discusses the Great American Smokeout, Various Methods for Quitting Smoking and What He Hopes to See In The Future For Tobacco Education," "Morning Edition," National Public Radio, Nov. 15, 2001.
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"Everyone benefits by consolidated routes and more cross-country and transcontinental travel. And having these large national airlines aids that network effect. You'd still like to have competition over some range and for some routes. But you can't have it for all."
-- John M. Olin Professor of Law & Economics George L. Priest, "Airlines and Antitrust: A New World. Or Not," The New York Times, Nov. 18, 2001.
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"Some people respond by feeling that all hope is lost and then they give up the ship and really overeat. But if you can respond by saying, 'It's the holiday, give yourself a break,' you can recover from it. Respond in a positive way that makes sure one slip doesn't become a catastrophe."
-- Director of the Center for Eating & Weight Disorders Dr. Kelly Brownell, "Thanksgiving Dinner, Without the Weight," washingtonpost.com, Nov. 20, 2001
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"Our schools have retreated from the idea of moral education, except for some attempts at what is called 'values clarification,' which is generally a cloak for moral relativism verging on nihilism of the sort that asserts that whatever feels good is good."
-- Hillhouse Professor of Classics & History Donald Kagan, "Yale Professor Cracks Eggheads On Patriotism," New Haven Register, Nov. 11, 2001.
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Bulletin Home
"That danger is that we will now make unholy alliances, alliances of convenience with anybody who professes to be on our side in the war against terrorism. Terrorism covers a multitude of sins and a multitude of phenomena. We have to be very careful what new friends we end up with.
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