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"The recent examples of unethical behavior [in the corporate world] seem to clearly result from the weakening of regulatory rules (regarding stocks, options, environmental impact, workers' rights, etc.), and the failure to establish new ones as new organizational forms and networks have emerged."
-- Charles Perrow, emeritus professor of sociology, in his letter to the editor, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 18, 2002.
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"Kids have a more restricted way of verbalizing. Look for signs of anxiety -- sleep problems, nightmares, playing differently -- and monitor how much access children have to information."
-- Holly Prigerson, associate professor of psychiatry and epidemiology & public health, on helping children deal with anxiety from frightening news stories, "Ripples of Fear Reach Kids Here," New Haven Register, Oct. 24, 2002.
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"An assault on Iraq, then, may cause not only massive civilian casualties. It could also drive angry Iraqi civilians into the arms of fundamentalist extremists waiting to exploit their misery."
-- Ben Kiernan, the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History, in his article "Collateral Damage Means Real People," Bangkok Post, Oct. 20, 2002.
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"China does not want differences with America to get out of control and affect economic development."
-- Nayan Chanda, director of publications at the Center for the Study of Globalization, in his article "Don't Rock the Boat: Jiang in Texas," The International Herald Tribune, Oct. 23, 2002.
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"Peace does not keep itself. That simple truth has not been digested by most people. They think of peace as kind of a negative thing -- if you don't make war, you have peace. Wrong."
-- Donald Kagan, the Sterling Professor of Classics & History, "Can Too Much Restraint Endanger Peace?" The Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 24, 2002.
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"You don't challenge [a sniper]. You don't say, 'You're a coward.' You don't say, 'You're not a good sniper,' because that's an invitation to go out and prove that he's really the world's best sniper."
-- Dorothy Otnow Lewis, clinical professor of psychiatry, "In a Sniper's Grip; Media's Role in Drama Debated," Los Angeles Times, Oct. 24, 2002.
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"In virtually every country where the U.S. has undertaken military action over the last three decades, there has been a 'hit and run' philosophy where bombing runs have seldom been followed by construction crews.
-- William D. Nordhaus, the Sterling Professor of Economics, "Putting a Price Tag on Victory in Iraq," The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 24, 2002.
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"We have an interest in the best and the brightest, whatever the package they come in. It's not necessarily a narrowly focused person or the person who engages in everything."
-- Richard Shaw, dean of undergraduate admissions, "College Applicants May Find That The Tipping Point Is a Passion For a Certain Subject. Just Ask the Civil War Buff," The Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 8, 2002.
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"People are waiting for earnings to come back, and they're not coming back. They mistrust management now and they think there's a lot of smoke and mirrors [in companies' reports]."
-- Robert J. Shiller, the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics, "Indexes Will Need Record Gain to Avoid 3rd Losing Year," Boston Sunday Globe, Oct. 6, 2002.
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