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"There is behavioral research which shows if you provide people with options that are too difficult to understand, the option of choosing nothing at all becomes more popular."
-- Dick Wittink, the General George Rogers Clark
Professor of Marketing & Management,
"1 Zillion Items Or Less; For Better Or Worse,
Shoppers Face Almost Unlimited Choices In
The Aisles," New Haven Register, Dec. 1, 2002.
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"Schools need to plan for a crisis before it occurs. The worst time to prepare for a crisis is during a crisis or after a crisis. This not a good time to make relationships."
-- David Schonfeld, associate professor of pediatrics and assistant professor of nursing, about how to help students cope with disaster, "Give Students Accurate, Timely Crisis Info Without Being Overly Detailed," School Violence Alert, Nov. 26. 2002.
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"From a public health standpoint you'd rather vaccinate [against the flu] than chase down little outbreaks using antivirals."
-- Dr. Mark Russi, associate professor of internal medicine & associate professor of epidemiology & public health, "Rapid Testing, Antivirals Win Gold For Reducing Flu At Last Olympics; Studies Show Intense Influenza-Control Measures Can Work in a Specialized Setting, But Can The Model Be Applied More Broadly?" amednews.com, Nov. 11, 2002.
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"Tolerance does not mean that you have to agree with everyone. It just means that you respect them as persons and that, within the limits of the law, you don't oppose them in what they are choosing to do."
-- Sister Margaret Farley, the Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Ethics at the Divinity School, "Arguing For A Consistent Sexual Ethic," The Boston Globe, Nov. 23, 2002.
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"Medicine both is and isn't much solace [when a loved one dies suddenly]. Ultimately science doesn't bring certainty, but it can help tell the final story in a life. After the body is buried, and medicine has finished doing all that it can, stories are what we want and really, all that we have."
-- Dr. Lisa Sanders, clinical instructor at the School of Medicine, in her article "How Can A Woman Die So Suddenly She Doesn't Even Have Time To Call For Help?" The New York Times, Nov. 24, 2002.
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"Labor is like running two marathons in a row; who wouldn't want to train for that?"
-- Ann Cowlin, assistant clinical professor of nursing and instructor in physical education, about her "Dancing Thru Pregnancy" exercise program, "Fit And Feeling Good," New Haven Register, Dec. 2, 2002.
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"America's original racial sin was a long trail of rapes of black women by white men, especially slave masters. Many African Americans' 'white blood' and lighter skins marked these violations and other illicit intimacies, some of them gentler, perhaps, but most of them palpably coerced in the shadow of white omnipotence."
-- James Sleeper, lecturer in political science, in his article "Facing Race, Rape and Outrage; Central Park Assault Was Only One Of The Cases Caught By The Whirlwind," Los Angeles Times, Dec. 6, 2002.
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"We have bodies designed for physical activity and designed to live on very little food."
-- Dr. David Katz, associate clinical professor of epidemiology & public health, "'O' My, Derby Doctor To Write For Oprah's Magazine," New Haven Register, Dec. 1, 2002.
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"I just hope the public doesn't think we're all crooks."
-- Douglas Stone, chair of the Department of Applied Physics, "Fraud Fallout; Making Sense Of What May Be The Worst Case Of Research Misconduct In 50 Years," The Boston Globe, Nov. 19, 2002.
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"If nothing changes [in school cafeteria diets], a generation will be having heart bypasses by the time they're 25."
-- Kelly Brownell, director of the Center for Eating & Weight Disorders, "Flunking Lunch; Roaches! Bacteria! Grease Galore! What May Be Lurking In Your Child's Cafeteria -- And What To Do About It," Time, Dec. 2, 2002.
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"Our [human] lineage was not always moving around. They started moving when the climate changed and for the first time they became walkers. This is why bipedalism developed."
-- Elisabeth Vrba, professor of geology & geophysics and professor of paleontology, about why early hominids started walking on two feet, "Fossilized Skull Points To One Ancestral Species, Not Two," New Haven Register, Dec. 3, 2002.
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"Airlines now have to do the restructuring that they have been putting off for the better part of a decade. This restructuring can be done under the protection of bankruptcy or outside it. But it will succeed only if bankruptcy is a threat, which means no more federal loan guarantees."
-- Michael E. Levine, lecturer at the Law School, in his article "No Clear Way Forward For Airlines," The New York Times, Dec. 6, 2002.
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"[T]oday computers allow different government agencies to share information; information collected for one purpose is now reviewed for others. Computers analyze according to their programs, spitting out potential relationships between facts and figures. Tyranny, as much as if not more than freedom, is facilitated by the computer."
-- Robert A. Heverly, postdoctoral associate at the Law School, in his article "Technology Raises Risk of Tyranny; The Administration's Sophisticated Initiatives Are Terrifying," Los Angeles Times, Dec. 5, 2002.
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"It may be that it is easier for an individual to admit error than it is for an institution. This reluctance to confess past mistakes is especially pronounced in the judiciary, whose legitimacy and power depend on public trust in its pronouncements."
-- Kenji Yoshino, associate professor at the Law School, in his article "Can The Supreme Court Change Its Mind?" The New York Times, Dec. 5, 2002.
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"What is tragic about this is that Fidel Castro does not rule this part of Cuba [Guantanamo Bay], but in terms of the rights the detainees are being accorded, it is hard to tell the difference."
-- Harold H. Koh, Gerard C. & Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, "Prisoners May Face 'Legal Black Hole'; Lawyers For 16 Terrorist Suspects at Guantanamo Bay Want Hearings On Whether They're Being Lawfully Held. U.S. Says Detainees Have No Rights," Los Angeles Times, Dec. 1, 2002.
T H I S
W E E K ' SS T O R I E S
Susan Hockfield named as Provost
Four Yale College seniors have received prestigious awards for study in Britain
Three scientists named to Sterling chairsFlavell to hold Sterling chair in immunology
Lifton named as Sterling Professor of Genetics
Mellman awarded Sterling post in cell biology
Levin cited for work building town-gown ties
New center will investigate cocaine use among women
Neurobiologists win prestigious Gerard Prize
Online journal brings globalization issues to a broad audience
Belated news: Ecologist Gene Likens wins national honor
Yale-developed technology predicts patients' response to drugs
Group addressing gender-related issues in academia
Renovation of Yale Art Gallery building to begin this summer
'One Day at a Time' series to explore impact of civil rights struggle . . .
O'Neill sisters earn automatic qualification for NCAA track competition
Talk and tour to highlight event honoring birth of Ben Franklin
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