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October 4, 2002|Volume 31, Number 5



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"I think, in theory, thinning forests even in remote areas could have some value, but you have to be a pragmatist about this. The Forest Service's budget is inadequate to march into roadless areas to do thinning. It's simply a misuse of funds. The smart way to go is to work in those areas where there is a clear and definable risk to communities and where there is already access."

-- James Lyons, professor in the practice of natural resource management, "Experts Disagree on Forest Management," CNN.com, Aug. 22, 2002.

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"The president has no power to pick and choose among the laws that bind him -- unless Congress tells him otherwise."

-- Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law & Political Science, in his article "The Legality of Using Force," The New York Times, Sept. 21, 2002.

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"If Albert Einstein were alive and he were interested in baseball, two very dubious propositions, he could not, starting from first principles, calculate how a baseball curves. I like to tell people that baseball is not rocket science. It's a little more difficult than rocket science."

-- Robert K. Adair, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Physics, "A Physicist at Yale Is Helping Baseball Umpires Make the Call," The New York Times, Sept. 22, 2002.

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"Even though everyone understands we're starting a new war, [President Bush is] treating it as an old war."

-- Harold Hongju Koh, Gerard C. & Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, "Resolution Likened to '64 Vietnam Measure," The Washington Post, Sept. 20, 2002.

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"Welch's performance [as CEO of General Electric Co.] was great, but he was well and full rewarded on the job."

-- Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, associate dean of the Yale School of Management, about the controversy of the retirement perks granted to Jack Welch, "The Fall of an Icon," Business Week, Sept. 23, 2002.

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"The more often the president attacks other countries pre-emptively, the more likely it becomes that the U.S. will be attacked in turn. In this way, the president can effectively govern through war, with disastrous consequences for the nation and for the world."

-- Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law & the First Amendment, "U.S. Setting a Bad Trend," Edmonton Journal, Sept. 23, 2002.

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"I don't think it's the government's job to fix the problems of the airline industry with regard to demand or to cost. The only job the government has is to ease the impact of its own policing impositions."

-- Michael E. Levine, lecturer at the Law School, "Airline Executives Going to Congress to Ask for More Financial Aid," The New York Times, Sept. 24, 2002.

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"Unlike Russia, Poland and Lithuania have earned European status with a decade of difficult reform. The goal of Russian policy is to diminish the sovereignty of these neighbors and to create for them a second-class status within the European Union."

-- Timothy Snyder, assistant professor of history, in his letter to the editor "'Rights' in Russia," The New York Times, Sept. 23, 2002.

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"You can tell in children that they have the ability to make unusually wise judgments, which is different from common sense. In fact, if you wait (to try to foster that ability) until they are in college, it is too late."

-- Robert J. Sternberg, IBM Professor of Psychology and Education, "Educators Seek Word to the Wise: Some Pedagogical Researchers Would Like to See Wisdom Counted as Essential Trait of Truly 'Gifted' Children," Montreal Gazette, Sept. 21, 2002.


T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Building quantum computer is goal of new Yale center

Israel's Ehud Barak on peace prospects in Middle East

Ireland's Mary Robinson on 'ethical globalization'

Tobacco settlement income going up in smoke, says study

Fortunoff Archive is preserving survivors' stories for 'a future world'

Journalists discuss Kashmir's role in Central Asian crises

Clot-busting drugs often improperly used, study finds

Show features Edwardian collector's 'unusual' acquisitions

Cats pose few risks for women who are pregnant, researchers say

Wedgwood named to U.N. Human Rights Committee

Employees urged to take full advantage of their benefits

Reunion events will explore the intersection of law and the arts

SOM summit will address the current issues facing women business leaders

Dr. Boris Astrachan, former CMHC director, dies at age 70

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