-- Sterling Professor of Hispanic & Comparative
Literature Roberto González Echevarría
in his op-ed article "Argentines Check Their
Baggage," The New York Times, Jan. 29, 2002.
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"Those who promote military tribunals have been misled by the O.J. Simpson fiasco to conclude that all U.S. courts -- whether civilian or military courts-martial -- are inherently incapable of rendering full, fair and expeditious justice in such cases."
-- Gerard C. & Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh in his article "The U.S. Can't Allow Justice to be Another War Casualty," latimes.com, Dec. 17, 2001.
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"It appears that the failure of the managers, directors and the auditors of Enron contributed, not so much to the collapse of Enron as has been widely reported, but to the creation of the Enron bubble in the first place. They did not do what they are supposed to do, and expected to do. . . . There is nothing unique about these failures at Enron, except the large size of the corporation."
-- James L. Frank Professor of Private Enterprise & Management Shyam Sunder, "Accounting for Enron; How Two Professors Grade Enron," The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 18, 2002.
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"There is an important sense in which it is arbitrary to compensate [victims of the Sept. 11 attacks] while not compensating other victims. There is a sense in which no amount would ever be enough, but if we look at how these losses are indeed compensated . . . it seems these particular victims have little cause for complaint."
-- Professor of law Peter Schuck, "Divvying Up of 9/11 Aid Leaves Few Happy," The Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 14, 2002.
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"[Army Special Forces troops] should essentially be following a military purpose -- providing military protection and military advice."
-- Professor Emeritus of History Gaddis Smith on the role of U.S. soldiers in influencing the culture of Afghanistan, "The Stripes Are on Their Sleeves, Not Their Pants," The New York Times, Jan. 13, 2002.
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"Fiscal stimuli have never been used very effectively in this country because once the political bickering is over, there's no need for stimulus. The only stimulus was the Great Depression of the 1930s."
-- Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics Robert J. Shiller, "The Dangers of Overstimulation," Salon.com, Jan. 11, 2002.
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"You see, economists don't know everything or maybe even a lot about how to make economies rebound and prosper, but we do know one thing very well: We know how to shut down an economy."
-- Adjunct professor at the Yale School of Management David De Rosa, "Impact of Merrill Lynch's Job Cuts in Japan," "Markets Impact," CNNfn, Jan. 10, 2002.
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"Remember, aging is not only wrinkling but it's sagging."
-- Assistant clinical professor of dermatology Dr. Nicholas Perricone, "Looking Younger, Living Longer Today; Dr. Nicholas Perricone Discusses Ways to Help Prevent and Eliminate Wrinkles," "Saturday Today," NBC, Jan. 26 2002.
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"The information world has changed radically, but desktop computers have been doing the same shtick for 18 years."
-- Professor of computer science David Gelernter in his op-ed article in the New York Times, Jan. 11, 2002.
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"For every dollar we spend on mitigation [of global warming], at most we would get 10 cents back, and it could be only
1 cent. To me, that looks like a very bad investment."
-- Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor of Forest Policy Robert O. Mendelsohn, "A Little Global Warming Won't Be So Bad For U.S., After All, " The Morning Call (Allentown), Dec. 29, 2001.
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"There's a real risk in these things getting over-interpreted and scaring the dickens out of people."
-- Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Chronic Diseases Michael Bracken about a study linking electromagnetic fields caused by small appliances with miscarriages, "Appliance 'Risk' for Mums-To-Be; Study Finds Electrical Field/Miscarriage Link," Belfast News Letter, Jan. 10, 2002.
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"If children and parents work together, kids can be better equipped to handle whatever challenges their particular sensitivities lead them to."
-- Assistant professor at the Child Study Center Nancy Close, "Preventive Parenting; Paying Attention to a Baby's Unique Personality May Head Off Problems Before they Happen," Time, Jan. 21, 2002.
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"Studies have shown clearly that watching television at an early stage does form a habit. Children who were already watching television at the age of two or three go on watching and are still in the habit six years later."
-- Senior research scientist in the Department of Psychology Dorothy Singer, "Children Aged Two Addicted to TV," Daily Mail (London), Jan. 24, 2002.
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"The relationship between a client and its auditors is a complicated thing because auditors get paid by the client but are supposed to be independent."
-- Professor at the Yale School of Management Rick Antle, "Enron Audit Fee Raises Some Brows," latimes.com, Jan. 23, 2002.
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"The car and driving play a very large part in our psyche collectively. Not being able to drive leaves a major void."
-- Associate professor of internal medicine (geriatrics) Dr. Richard A. Marottoli, "Steering Clear of Trouble: Senior Drivers' Ed Programs Aim to Make the Road Safer," washingtonpost.com, Jan. 29, 2002.
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"Very few people start to smoke after age 18. . . . Teens start smoking without fully realizing the health toil it will take and without appreciating the addictive power of nicotine."
-- Associate professor of epidemiology & public health Jody L. Sindelar in "Double The State's Cigarette Tax," The Hartford Courant, Jan. 24, 2002.
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"The Muslims of [Bosnia and Herzegovina], I have come to know, are as concerned about extreme and violent representations of their faith and culture as we are about being victims of such expressions."
-- University Chaplain The Reverend Frederick J. Streets in his article, "Bosnians Appreciate Peace Effort," New Haven Register, Jan. 14, 2002.
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"Wherever an employee has an option to invest away from employer stock, the employee should always elect that option. But that's not going to fix the situations like Enron, where the plan design allows the employer to stuff a lot of employee stock on the pension plan, and there, we have to get Congress to change it."
-- Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History John Langbein, "Kenneth Lay Resigns as Enron CEO Just as Investigation on Capitol Hill Begins Into the Company's Collapse," "Morning Edition," National Public Radio, Jan. 24, 2002.
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"Geneva [Convention] contemplates that POWs will be given the free run of a camp. They cannot be confined in cells. The treaty guarantees them utensils including 'razors, combs (and) nail scissors,' as well as 'needles' and 'pen-knives.' This full equipage does not fit the case of combatants who vow they will kill an American before they leave the camp."
-- Professor of law Ruth Wedgwood in her article "Prisoners of a Different War: The Geneva Convention Applies to Conventional Soldiers, Not to the Terrorists Being Held at Camp X-Ray," Financial Times (London), Jan. 30, 2002.
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"In something like five out of six cases, if a physician is able to sit down and ask people why they really want to die, they can solve their problems with modern medicine or psychological help."
-- Clinical professor of surgery Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland, "With Suicide, An Admiral Keeps Command Until the End," The New York Times, Jan. 12, 2002.
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"The standard defense of federalism is that it preserves liberty. But the real issue is what sort of liberty we are trying to protect. For years liberals have pointed out that the liberty to lynch people wasn't worth preserving. Now conservatives may conclude the same thing about the liberty to clone."
-- Knight Professor of Constitutional Law & the First Amendment Jack M. Balkin in his op-ed article, "The Cloning Conundrum," The New York Times, Jan. 30, 2002.
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"That's right -- the personal risk of road death is nearly twice as high in the United States as in Israel. And the risk of road death in the United States is nearly eight times higher than the risk of death from terrorism in Israel! Since we Americans readily accept the 145 per million risk of road death without worry, why has the U.S. State Department warned us not to travel to Israel?"
-- William N. & Marie A. Beach Professor of Management Sciences and professor of public health Edward H. Kaplan in his article "Competing Risk and Realities," The Jerusalem Post, Jan. 8, 2002.
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"Outside the Administration, a number of American foreign policy experts have been demanding that Saudi Arabia reform its religious schools that breed intolerance, cease supporting extremists, and grant its people more political freedom. Sounds good, but these prescriptions are no more than a wild leap of faith that so radical a transition could occur peacefully and with oil supplies still being managed in America's interest."
-- Dean of the Yale School of Management Jeffrey E. Garten in his article "Let's End Our Dangerous Dependence on the Saudis," Business Week, Jan. 28, 2002.
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"It turns out to be a collective choice problem. The high-earning people who like to work hard resist [a shift to fewer hours]. For these people, both at the partner and associate level, the firm is their life. These are the compulsive workaholics. They threaten to exit and go elsewhere if [the workload expectation] is reduced. So the entire organization ends up being driven by priorities that most of its members don't share."
-- Fred A. Johnston Professor of Law Robert Gordon about the work ethic in some law firms, "Working 7/24, That's No Way to Make a Living," National Post, Jan. 23, 2002.
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"If you want to understand American drug policy, you must confront what appears to the American public to have been widespread and sustained success in reducing crime as the drug laws become increasingly stringent. The connection may be specious, but it merits analysis."
-- Professor of child psychiatry and professor of the history of medicine & psychiatry Dr. David Musto in his review of "The Pursuit of Oblivion," "Illusions of the War on Drugs," Times Literary Supplement,
Dec. 28, 2001.
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