Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 22, 2002|Volume 31, Number 12|Two-Week Issue

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"There must be, one supposes, a million-to-one chance that Saddam Hussein will elect to go into quiet retirement now that he has received the unanimous approval of a grateful people in his elections. And pigs might fly."

-- Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, in his article "Bush's Desire To Be The New Churchill Is a Threat To Us All," Independent on Sunday (London), Nov. 10, 2002

"From the point of view of the deficit I don't think it made a heck of a lot of difference who got control of what. The election doesn't change the big picture."

-- Nicholas S. Perna, lecturer in economics, "3 Pills in 1 Day No Rx For Economy; Experts: Symptoms Too Stubborn For Even Strong Medicine," ctnow.com, Nov. 9, 2002.

"There were many discussions whether Italian Jews should be fascist or anti-fascist. All that ended in 1938 when Mussolini decided to go along with Hitler."

-- Guido Calabresi, Sterling Professor Emeritus & Professorial Lecturer in Law, "Stories About Italian Jews Draw Hundreds to Woodbridge Event," New Haven Register, Nov. 4, 2002.

"If you are not making money on current revenues, forgoing future increases does not do anything. It just means things won't get worse."

-- Michael E. Levine, lecturer at the Law School, on United Airlines' efforts to avoid bankruptcy, "UAL Stock Rises, But Bankruptcy Talk Persists," The Boston Globe, Nov. 12, 2002.

"It's a fantasy to believe that the control of small natural outbreaks provides guidance for large bioterrorist attacks."

-- Edward H. Kaplan, the William N. & Marie A. Beach Professor of Management & professor of public health, "The Plan to Fight Smallpox," Newsweek, Oct. 14, 2002.

"The duplicity and criminality of certain CEOs has made it all too easy to bash the boss. . . . But great CEOs are a bit different from the rest of us."

-- Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, associate dean of the Yale School of Management, in his article "Three Cheers For Charisma," The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 12, 2002.

"A strong association exists between the use of illicit drugs and sexual and physical assault in women. It's generally accepted that around 75% of women in substance abuse treatment have a history of assault."

-- Stephen A. Wyatt, research affiliate in psychiatry, "Addiction Medicine: Important To Recognize That Addiction, Abuse In Females Is Different," Health & Medicine Week, Nov. 4, 2002.

"The environment that people are exposed to in terms of food is toxic. There is too much food available, too much of the time, at too low a cost."

-- Dr. Kelly Brownell, director of the Center for Eating & Weight Disorders, "Big Eaters, Sure, But This Is Absurd," The New York Times, Oct. 30, 2002.

"When there are fundamental basic science questions, a factory-like approach [to research] is not the best way."

-- Kenneth Kidd, professor of genetics and psychiatry, "International Project To Map Genome Called A Step Toward Finding Genes That Trigger Diseases," Toronto Star, Nov. 3, 2002.

"No one can claim that the Microsoft litigation has resulted in large societal benefits. . . . The lesson, we would suppose, is that it is appropriate in a capitalist economy controlled by law that, in every generation, the largest and most successful firm in the nation should be subjected to a serious antitrust investigation. Microsoft has suffered that investigation."

-- George L. Priest, the John M. Olin Professor of Law & Economics, in his article "Smile, It's Over!" The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 4, 2002.

"Afghanistan is still real estate trying to become a nation-state."

-- Charles Norchi, visiting lecturer at the Law School, in his article "Afghanistan: The Important Work Lies Ahead," The Hartford Courant, Nov. 6, 2002.

"The Bush administration's resolute war against terrorism and its expressed determination to put pressure on recalcitrant regimes has yielded fruit in an unlikely place. . . . U.S.-Iran relations are hardly on the verge of normalization, as Tehran continues to seek weapons of mass destruction and has yet fully to extricate itself from the Arab-Israeli conflict. But a more nuanced policy is evident."

-- Ray Takeyh, fellow in international security studies, in his article "The West's Unlikely Ally In The Middle East," Financial Times (London), Nov. 4, 2002.

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Trustee launches book club for city youths

Gilliss reappointed as dean of the School of Nursing

Fossil named in honor of Yale scientist

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Gift boosts collaboration in plant research

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