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"When we see a weird disease today, it raises all kinds
of red flags now, and we are also in a better position
to do something about it."
-- Dr. Durland Fish, professor of epidemiology, "Fighting SARS at the Speed of Science,"
The Hartford Courant, April 19, 2003.
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"It is no longer acceptable for countries not to share health information or for industries that rely on global disease control not to contribute directly to financing global health security. Nor is it acceptable for [the World Health Organization's] member states to keep it on a regular budget of $800 million a year less than it takes to run an average hospital in the United States."
-- Ilona Kickbusch, professor of epidemiology and public health, in her article "A Wake-Up Call for Global Health; The Lesson of SARS," The International Herald Tribune, April 29, 2003.
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"Many of the central problems facing the U.S. and the world at large simply cannot be solved without international cooperation. ... Consider, for example, what has recently become the biggest security concern of this and many other countries: transnational terrorism (as well as organized crime, its not-so-distant cousin). It would be dangerously naive to think that terrorism can effectively be fought in isolation. Can criminals with their international trafficking in drugs and weapons -- and the money involved -- be defeated if countries refuse to work together? Never. This is a fight without borders, and combating terrorism successfully requires the support of friends, allies and, sometimes, even adversaries. Global threats call for global responses."
-- Ernesto Zedillo, director of the Center for the Study of Globalization, in his article "Current Events," Forbes Global, April 28, 2003.
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"No matter how they would chafe at the [Food and Drug Administration's] demands, and frequently attempt to circumvent them, the barons of business were as much the beneficiaries of the F.D.A.'s influence as were the American people; commercial success depends, after all, on public confidence."
-- Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland, clinical professor of surgery, in his review of "Protecting American's Health" by Philip J. Hilts, "Don't Eat This Page," The New York Times, April 27, 2003.
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"They will gain an appreciation of insects as being more then something you step on."
-- Lawrence Gall, head of computer systems at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, on teaching children about butterflies, "Flights of Fancy: Beautiful and Friendly, Butterflies Are Ambassadors of the Insect World. Introducing Them to Your Child Can Help Her Learn To Love All Creatures, Big and Small," Better Homes and Gardens, May 1, 2003.
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"Food is available everywhere all the time, like never before in history. Gas stations, drug stores, schools. Unhealthy food is cheap, convenient and tastes good, while just the opposite is true of healthy foods."
-- Dr. Kelly D. Brownell, director of the Center for Eating & Weight Disorders, "Weight-Loss Fads Fuel a High-Stakes Industry in Which Profits Seem to be Growing Ever Fatter," Los Angeles Times, May 5, 2003.
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"Charisma still counts, having a compelling vision still counts, but instead [CEOs are] retreating and not speaking out on public issues. The positive is they're not egomaniacal, and they're really focused on doing their jobs."
-- Jeffrey Alan Sonnenfeld, associate dean at the Yale School of Management, "The CFO's Challenge," Newsweek, April 28, 2003.
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"Certain kinds of real estate do have great long-run prospects. One of them is possibly real estate in rare, beautiful places -- that is what I just bought."
-- Robert J. Shiller, the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics, about his Connecticut vacation home, "Economist Who Saw Bubble Still Has Stock Doubts," Newsday (New York), April 19, 2003.
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"Often people hide their illness. They hide their depression, they hide their unusual thoughts because again, society and families all expect a mother to perform and to be a good mother, and to admit they're having some unusual thoughts or beliefs or not feeling quite themselves, may be intimidating to them. They may feel like they don't know who to turn to and they don't want people to judge them."
-- Dr. Cynthia Neill Epperson, assistant professor of psychiatry and obstetrics & gynecology, "Texas Mother Accused in Slaying of Children," "Live From the Headlines," CNN, May 12, 2003.
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"About 53,000 people die each year from second-hand smoke. Employees of these bars and restaurants will no longer be the unwitting recipients of somebody else's cigarettes."
-- Jody Sindelar, associate professor of epidemiology & public health, about a new law banning smoking in Connecticut bars and restaurants, "Smokers Get Ready for Lights Out," The New York Times, May 11, 2003.
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"It is unlikely someone with a known case of SARS could be repatriated or flown to a third country."
-- Pierre Landry, assistant professor of political science, about travelers' need for medical or evacuation insurance, "Vacation Checklist: Passport. Camera. Insurance?" The New York Times, May 4, 2003.
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"What is certain is that in the face of problematic economic and foreign policies, Wall Street has been giving the Bush Administration a relatively free ride. In similar situations in the past, the markets have delivered a much harsher verdict. Look for that to happen again -- sooner rather than later."
-- Jeffrey E. Garten, dean of the Yale School of Management, in his article "Why Wall Street May Soon Deliver a Nasty Shock," Business Week, May 12, 2003.
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"[Empires can tell subjects what to do] knowing they will do it, with the certainty that if they don't do it, you will compel them to do it ... take away lands, force them to pay taxes, to [submit to] military service. Nothing like that exists in connection with the United States. ... Anybody and everyone can defy the United States and does so regularly with impunity."
-- Donald Kagan, the Sterling Professor of Classics & History, "U.S. 'Empire' Debate Revived by Iraq War; Experts Disagree on Meaning, Exercise of American Dominance," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 11, 2003.
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"We're going to find that [rebuilding Iraq] is an expensive undertaking. We're spending $400 billion a year managing our role in the world, probably close to $500 billion this year. Managing the security affairs of the world costs a lot of money."
-- William D. Nordhaus, the Sterling Professor of Economics, "Empire Without Romance; The Fall of Baghdad Leaves the U.S. With More Power and a New Landscape," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 23, 2003.
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"Ironically, the most unmentionable, unprintable truth about 'diversity' is that group differences do include some deficiencies owing to legacies of racism. These won't be overcome by being massaged by workplace policies that pretty them up."
-- James Sleeper, lecturer in political science and ethics, in his article "The Soft Bigotry of Low Newsroom Expectations," The Hartford Courant, May 13, 2003.
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"By threatening to veto any compromise resolution in the Security Council three weeks ago, Paris forfeited its chance to be a player in this matter. If it was on the sidelines during the fighting, it can hardly claim to be a major actor during the postconflict phase."
-- Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, in his article "U.N. Trusteeship Council Could Finally Find a Role in Postwar Iraq," The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo), May 11, 2003.
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"I remember in the 1950's hearing a story about an educator lamenting that Jewish groups had forced 'The Merchant of Venice' out of the schools because of its portrayal of Shylock and that black groups had gotten rid of 'Huckleberry Finn' because they considered its treatment of Jim racist. Asked why the schools tolerated so many books with sons of bitches as characters, she replied: 'Oh, that's simple. The sons of bitches aren't organized.'"
-- Daniel Kevles, the Stanley Woodward Professor of History, in his review of Diane Ravitch's "The Language Police," "Watch Your Mouth," The New York Times, May 11, 2003.
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"Runners tend to lean somewhat forward, and to go from a somewhat forward lean in the run to a headfirst dive has a certain efficiency."
-- Robert Adair, the Sterling Professor Emeritus of Physics, about baseball players who slide into base headfirst, "A Risky Business; Headfirst Slides; Routine But Not the Safest Route," Newsday, April 22, 2003.
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Italian scholar Guiseppe Mazzotta is named a Sterling Professor Professor
Günter Wagner is appointed the first Alison Richard Professor
Arjun Appadurai is chosen as next term's DeVane Professor
2003 Commencement Information
Federal grant funds researchers' study on risk factors for asthma
Program supports graduate students' language study
Alumni return for weekend celebrations
Former Eli football players to discuss the sport's impact . . .
Conservation leader establishes new scholarship at F&ES
Program will help Chinese leaders plan for sustainable development
Two scholars take work in 'new directions' with Mellon fellowships
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SOM announces winners of inaugural business competition
Display features hopping, croaking 'Jewels of the Rainforest'
Familiar Bible stories depicted in fabric in new ISM exhibition
Search committee named for Law School Dean
Four undergraduates win nonfiction awards in writing contest
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