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February 6, 2004|Volume 32, Number 17

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"I am interested in reading. That's all I'm interested in."

-- Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities, denouncing a proposal to study literature by graphing it, "Studying Literature by the Numbers," The New York Times, Jan. 10, 2004.

"You can't tell your [obese] patient, 'Don't worry, nobody is going to be looking at you' because that is not true. But what I try to teach my patients is: 'You have just as much of a right to go to that pool and swim as everybody else, and the people that are looking at you are the ones with the problem.' But it's a hard thing to convince somebody."

-- Marlene Schwartz, lecturer in psychology, about the prejudice against the obese, "The Fight Over Fat Acceptance: Overweight People Claim It Is Time to End the Discrimination They Face. Critics Say Obesity Is Unhealthy and Can't Be Ignored," The Vancouver Sun (British Columbia), Jan. 12, 2004.

"You wake up in the morning with a bad taste in your mouth, and it doesn't go away."

-- Linda Bartoshuk, professor of surgery and professor of psychology, describing the phenomenon of "phantom taste," "Coming to Their Senses," The Hartford Courant, Jan. 13, 2004.

"It seems as though the Security Council ... suffers from ... tribunal fatigue, so ... the latest trend in the United Nations is to encourage the establishment of a national tribunal to punish the persons for international crimes committed in the state concerned, and to offer the assistance of the United Nations for such a tribunal."

-- Ben Kiernan, the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History, "Khmer Rouge Crimes Still Unpunished," United Press International, Jan. 12, 2004.

"Connecticut is an economically successful state with a complacent political culture. People here have been willing to be ignored, but not to be ridiculed."

-- Robert Forbes, lecturer in history, on what his study of the state's history reveals about current political scandals, "Once a GOP Star, Conn. Governor Faces Grim Days; House Looking at Possible Impeachment," The Washington Post, Jan. 14, 2004.

"When you say there are differences between men and women, people get worried. They think you're saying one is better than the other. But it's important to be aware of [these differences] because they do affect health."

-- Dr. Sally Shaywitz, professor of pediatrics, "The Gender Gap," The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 26, 2004.

"If you look at an economy like the U.S., which has led the world for most of the post-war period, it has sprung from the creation of knowledge."

-- Richard C. Levin, University president, on the need for Britain to invest more public and private money in its universi-ties, "Bias Against Elite Institutions 'Holding Back Economy,'" Financial Times, Jan. 26, 2004.

"Birds are dinosaurs the way we're one kind of ape."

-- Jacques Gauthier, professor of geology and geophysics and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, "Yale Settles Debate: Birds Are Dinosaurs," New Haven Register, Jan. 23, 2004.

"In times of economic hardship sales of lipstick actually increase. Toward the beginning of the recent recession, in 2001, American women spent more than $800 million on lipstick, six percent more than the year before. Many Iranian women wear lipstick despite being entirely shrouded in purdah, while in Japan the effect of lips tinted peony-red was for centuries transformed by dyeing the teeth black."

-- Angus Trumble, curator of paintings and sculpture at the Yale Center for British Art, and author of "A Brief History of the Smile," "Say Cheese!" The Boston Globe, Jan. 25, 2004.

"Research suggests that physical attractiveness is unfairly advantageous to career success for men. By contrast, more attractive women in executive roles are often the victims of prejudice, taken less seriously and often resented, thus feeling the pressure to come up with the glasses and hairstyles that project a more severe aura."

-- Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, associate dean of the School of Management, "USA Today Panel: In Business World, How Important is Sex Appeal?" USA Today, Jan. 9, 2004.

"Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were real intellectuals. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were real intellectuals. That's not what politicians do anymore."

-- David Greenberg, lecturer in political science and history, "Read 'Em and Weep: Or Take a Nap! You'll Learn As Much About Presidential Potential Either Way," The Dallas Morning News, Jan. 29, 2004.

"It's my view that this kind of litigation [seeking reparations for slavery], if it is to gain traction, has to work hand in hand with the political process. The litigation, by bringing public attention to the reparation issue, can create pressure and momentum for a legislative solution, like we saw with the tobacco cases and other mass-tort suits."

-- Ian Ayres, the William K. Townsend Professor of Law, "Slavery Lawsuit Dismissed," The Hartford Courant, Jan. 27, 2004.

"No one writes from nothing. We all take the world as it is and use it, remix it."

-- Yochai Benkler, professor of law, "The Tyranny of Copyright?" The New York Times, Jan. 25, 2004.

"Restricting carbohydrate and ignoring the overall nutritional quality of foods consumed is every bit as misguided as basing a low-fat diet principally on Snackwell cookies."

-- Dr. David L. Katz, director of the Prevention Research Center, in his letter to the editor "No Shortage of Advice for Dieters," The New York Times, Jan. 24, 2004.

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

Study links estrogen and levels of stress

Speakers assess implications of the changing world order

Festival puts spotlight on new Yale playwrights

Three scientists honored for their work on aging

Yale voices heard at Davos forum

Show features iconic Pop Art prints by Richard Hamilton

Yale Opera to present a comedy and a tragedy by Puccini

'The Pink and the Blue' traces 'a history not yet written'

Exhibit explores artists' infatuation with popular entertainment

Journalist will talk about her work as an embedded reporter in Iraq
OBITUARIES

W. Jack Cunningham, Engineering's 'institutional memory'

Epidemiologist Robert Shope, discovered many new viruses

Pediatrician Joseph Warshaw, an expert on neonatal care

New series explores why people study what they do

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