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"AIDS has taught us both the power of science and its limitations. It has given us incredible technologic successes. But fully implementing those successes still escapes us."
-- Dr. Gerald Friedland, professor of medicine and
of epidemiology and public health, and clinical
professor of nursing, "What Did We Learn From AIDS?" The New York Times, Nov. 11, 2003.
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"The New York Stock Exchange has been a parody of corporate governance. The boardroom's conflicts are substantial; the regulation, lax."
-- Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, associate dean of the School of Management, "On Sept. 21, 1994, Daniel Tully, then chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch & Co. and vice-chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, called an unscheduled meeting of the Big Board's personnel policy and compensation committee. The agenda: Name Richard Grasso the next NYSE president," Calgary Herald (Alberta, Canada), Oct. 26, 2003.
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"Children living in blended families [with adopted and biological children] are as well-adjusted overall as children living in biological families."
-- Virginia Shiller, lecturer at the Child Study Center, "Guiding Both Adopted and Biological Children Toward Becoming One Family," Newsday (New York), Nov. 11, 2003.
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"All the people that follow college football know the historic nature [of the Bowl] and respect what Yale Bowl has to offer. All the people who have played here know how special it is. It's a treasure. You want to preserve it. It's right for Yale, it's right for college football, it's right for all the men who played in the Bowl. And it can be a spectacular venue to all the men who will play football here in the future."
-- Thomas A. Beckett, director of athletics, "Renovations Planned for Yale Bowl," New Haven Register, Nov. 12, 2003.
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"The peaceful propagation of religious beliefs, including Islam, is a human right. But the concern is that the Saudi government may be propagating an Islam that promotes violence against non-Muslims and disfavored Muslims. The line separating the brand of Islam allegedly preached by the Saudis from the violence of radicals is a fine one. Just how one moves across this line warrants investigation."
-- Khaled Abou El Fadl, visiting professor at the Law School, about his work on the Commission on International Religious Freedom in his article "Al Qaeda and Saudi Arabia," The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 10, 2003.
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"It's absurd, for a pittance of fiscal relief, to threaten the political constituency of a program in which everyone is in the same boat."
-- Theodore Marmor, professor at the School of Management, about a proposal to charge wealthier seniors to pay for Medicare services, "Health Fee May Rise With Income; Wealthier Would Pay More for Medicare," Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Oct. 31, 2003.
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"Most parents know it doesn't make much sense to beat children to get them to stop being a problem, because spanking is largely an adult temper tantrum. ... Spanking hurts and humiliates. It does not integrate into the child's sense of right and wrong. The child fears the spanker and avoids getting caught."
-- Dr. Kyle Pruett, clinical professor of psychiatry and of nursing, "Corporal Punishment Then and Now," The Hartford Courant, Nov. 2, 2003.
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"[After caring for wounded soldiers during the Vietnam War] I thought, 'I really can't go back to taking care of little old ladies in the hospital. There is a spirit here that I was just humbled by.' You just want to do all you can for them."
-- Linda Schwartz, associate research scientist at the School of Nursing, "State Veterans Affairs Chief Draws on Wealth of Care-
Giving Experience," New Haven Register, Nov. 11, 2003.
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"What should Corporate America make of rising anti-American sentiment around the world? My guess is most CEOs don't spend much time thinking about it, and those who do probably underestimate the growing risks."
-- Jeffrey E. Garten, dean of the School of Management, in his article "Anger Abroad is Bad for Business," Business Week, Nov. 10, 2003.
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"I used to say that what finally got built didn't matter -- what counted was the design as I saw it in my head. I can't believe I ever thought that."
-- Peter Eisenman, the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor of Architecture, "Provocateur Becomes a Pragmatist," The San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 13, 2003.
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"Currently this is the only member of the Nonoarchaeum. Similar organisms are found in Yellowstone National Park and Kamchatka, Russia. There are probably more members to be found now that one knows what to look for."
-- Dieter Söll, the Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, about the discovery of the oldest and most simple form of life on Earth, "Microbe Claims Special Branch on Evolutionary Tree," New Haven Register, Nov. 1, 2003.
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"The costs are going to go off the charts. A big chunk of Medicare will go to Alzheimer's."
-- Holly Gwen Prigerson, associate professor of psychiatry and of epidemiology and public health, "Alzheimer's Costs Cut Many Ways As Caregivers Battle Depression," The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 13, 2003.
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"[Soldier-statesman George C. Marshall] understood that one way to get influence was not to appear to want influence."
-- John Lewis Gaddis, the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History, about the head of the War Department during World War II, "Serving Notice at the State Dept.; For Powell, Marshall Became an Example of Duty and Discipline," The Washington Post, Nov. 12, 2003.
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"People take a solution that they are familiar with and don't try to do things differently. The question is, how else might you go about peeling a banana? Most people just start here and go down. But what other options exist? ... Go to the other end. You can peel it from both sides. This way you get a handle at the bottom. ... Monkeys have lots of experience eating bananas, and this is how they do it."
-- Barry Nalebuff, the Milton Steinbach Professor of Management, about rethinking solutions to common problems, "Interview with Barry Nalebuff," "CNN Sunday Morning," CNN, Nov. 9, 2003.
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"There's a secret in Washington I broach at the risk of courting outrage: people are quietly preparing for the day, when it comes, that Ronald Reagan, 92 now and afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, passes on. News organizations have elaborate obituaries in the works; a member of the White House staff once showed me a thick binder of eulogy material (while pressing a finger to his pursed lips). Understandably, no one wants to be seen as awaiting -- or exploiting -- anyone else's death, least of all that of a beloved icon."
-- David Greenberg, lecturer in political science and history, in his book review "'Governor Reagan': Anticipating Arnold," The New York Times, Nov. 9, 2003.
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Faculty forum addresses issues affecting women in science, medicine
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Grant supports initiative to send doctors overseas
Scientists win funding to collect data on the rice genome
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Yale selected as nation's first site for cancer epidemiology training . . .
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