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September 12, 2003|Volume 32, Number 2



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"You cannot expect every poor country in the world to produce lifesaving drugs. There is no question that to get access, we are going to have to allow countries to import generic drugs from richer countries."

- Michael H. Merson, the Anna M.R. Lauder Professor & Dean of Public Health, "Deal on Generic Drugs Eludes Global Negotiators," The Washington Post, Aug. 30, 2003.

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"[B]efore this decade is over, the U.S. auto business may go through some of the agonizing downsizing and even bankruptcies seen lately in steel and airlines."

- Jeffrey E. Garten, Dean of the Yale School of Management, "Canada Needs an Auto Industry Survival Strategy," The Toronto Star, Aug. 27, 2003.

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"When you are caring for a patient who doesn't survive, you feel as though you failed ... all of a sudden [you are] turning the dialogue to an organ donation discussion ... separating these two events is an important thing to do in helping family members come to the decision of 'yes' when asked."

- Dr. Marc Lorber, professor of surgery and director of the Yale-New Haven Organ Transplant Center, "How Diplomacy in Handling Death Can Save Lives," The New York Times, Aug. 19, 2003.

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"Of course 3- and 4-year olds should be prepared for reading. But in an appropriate way. Why would we want to burn out kids on workbooks and pencils? We need to give these kids experiences, too. In fact, research shows that focusing on the whole child, on happy, healthy kids, helps kids learn to read more quickly."

- Edward Zigler, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology, "Head Start's Not Broken," New Haven Advocate, July 16, 2003.

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"We are going to see if we can do this on a scale seldom done before."

- John Turenne, executive chef of University Dining Services, about the initiative to serve mostly organic and locally grown foods in Berkeley College's dining room, "'Real Food' Stirs College Menus," The International Herald Tribune, Aug. 20, 2003.

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"I was out there last night, not because of anything particularly scientific. I just wanted to see this beautiful apparition."

- Sean O'Brien, associate research scientist in the Department of Astronomy, about the recent proximity of Mars to the Earth, "Mars Poetica," The Boston Globe, Aug. 26, 2003.

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"Parents who have a positive but realistic perspective on illness can help sick children continue their daily routines."

- Dr. David Schonfeld, associate professor of pediatrics, "Experimental Drug Helps Girl With Rare Disease," The Boston Globe, Aug. 26, 2003.

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"If you want to do a good job, you go to a Texas gun show and buy a grenade launcher. You drive by an electric power station and you point in the right direction and bang."

- Charles Perrow, professor emeritus of sociology, about the ease with which the North American electric power grid could be attacked, "High Cost of Failure in Networked World," The Toronto Star, Aug. 20, 2003.

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"Our diets are too high in bad foods, refined white flour and simple sugars, but also the wrong kids of fat. It's the overall diet - fat, protein and carbohydrates. You have to make the right choice in all of them."

- Dr. David Katz, associate clinical professor of epidemiology and public health, "Dietary Experts Debate the Alleged Evils of White Bread and Potatoes," The Associated Press, Aug. 25, 2003.

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"You'll be able to track temperature changes continuously so you'll know precisely when you're ovulating."

- Dr. Marc Abreu, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Ophthalmology, about a new wireless technology he developed that could be incorporated into sunglasses to monitor body temperature, "Am I Hot? Better Check With My Sunglasses," UK Reuters.

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"Maybe a hedge fund might be able to do this sort of thing and make some money, but I think it's a more dangerous policy for individuals. Most individuals and even most institutional investors shouldn't get involved in the markets this way."

- Roger Ibbotson, professor in the practice of finance at the Yale School of Management, about trying to "time" the stock market, "Bernstein's Shocking Words: Market Timing," The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 27, 2003.

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"It's a very exciting project because it is really brand new stuff. The idea of a bitter suppressor is the holy grail. Everybody wants to find it."

- Linda M. Bartoshuk, professor of surgery and professor of psychology, about the claim that scientists have produced an ingredient that reduces the bitter taste of some products, "Found, Wonder Food Additive That Makes Bitter Sweet," Daily Mail (London), Aug. 27, 2003.

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"Long ago, I was cut from the lists of companies selling long-distance telephone services, after callers asked to speak to the decision-maker of the household and I explained that our decision-maker was Bimp, the cat. My offer to translate was always politely declined. For the few salespeople who became aggressive or cocky, refusing to take no for an answer, I found that paranoid whispers would rapidly end obnoxious calls: 'I know who you are. I know what you're trying to do.'"

- Susan A. Froetschel, tutor in the Bass Writing Program, in her article "Running Rings Around Telemarketers," The Hartford Courant, July 28, 2003.

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"Most of the fossil record is shells, bones and teeth. But 60 to 80 percent of animals are soft and squishy."

- Derek Briggs, professor of geology and geophysics, about the fossils in the Burgess Shale formation in the Canadian Rockies, "Earth's 'Big Bang,' Captured in Shale, Arrives at Yale," New Haven Register, Aug. 29, 2003.

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"Professional athletes hear about the warning signs all the time, but they want to tough it out. They throw up in their helmets on the sidelines. Some put the helmet back on and get back in the game."

- Dr. Linda D. Arnold, assistant professor of pediatric emergency medicine, about the dangers of heat stroke during preseason football practices, "Heat of Competition; Football Tragedies Opened Coaches' Eyes to Hydration," Telegram & Gazette (Massachusetts), Aug. 18, 2003.

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"Before, people were in kind of a fantasyland. They didn't think the Internet had anything to do with the law. They thought it was a law-free zone. Now I think some of them are aware, and we're trying to make them seriously aware."

- H. Morrow Long, University information security officer, about online piracy of movies and music, "Big Ban on Campus; As Hollywood and the Record Industry Take Legal Action To Halt Illegal Downloads, Colleges are Tightening Rules and Warning Their Students," Los Angles Times, Aug. 30, 2003.

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"Personally ... sometimes when I've been [at Morse Recital Hall] when no one has been around, I've felt humbled - all of the talent, the discipline, the history, and being a small part of continuing it ... it's an extraordinary gift I've been given."

- Robert Blocker, dean of the School of Music, about the refurbished Morse Recital Hall, "Retouched; Music School Remodeling Melds Tradition, High-Tech," New Haven Register, Aug. 31, 2003.

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"The skin requires a certain amount of fat to look smooth, turgid and toned. Think of the long distance runner who demonstrates perfectly sculpted muscles on the legs or a six-pack on the abdomen, but the face looks gaunt and the skin hangs on the bony framework of the face creating a less than healthy and youthful appearance."

- Dr. James Lyons, clinical instructor in plastic surgery, "For Young-Looking Skin, Keep on Eating Those Carbs," Scripps Howard News Service, June 23, 2003.

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"The periodic controversies that erupt over questions like [Richard] Nixon's foreknowledge of the Watergate break-in - and kindred parlor-game mysteries like Deep Throat's identity - impart undue importance to these details. To be sure, the answers may cause us to refine our views of Nixon. But solving such mysteries will not change our basic judgement of Nixon or Watergate - and they distract from more important historical questions."

- David Greenberg, associate in political science, in his article "New Details, Same Nixon," The New York Times, July 29, 2003.

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"Good old-fashioned heterosexual sex between people who are not married is now legally protected."

- Jack Balkin, the Knight Professor of Constitutional Law & the First Amendment, about how the Supreme Court decision striking down anti-sodomy laws affects other "fornication" statutes, "An Amoral Court?" The Boston Globe, July 20, 2003.

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"In the absence of inclusive public insurance, private employment-based plans have become the first line of defense for most Americans - and one they are understandably reluctant to give up. ... Begin with a simple fact: Most Americans are insured. While an inexcusable 15 percent lack coverage (and perhaps twice as many were uninsured at least once in the past two years), most have real, if often inadequate, coverage most of the time."

- Jacob S. Hacker, the Peter Strauss Family Assistant Professor of Political Science, in his article "The Perfect Prescription," The Boston Globe, July 20, 2003.

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"When an older person cuts back [on walking], the risk of falling increases because they become more deconditioned."

- Dorothy Baker, research scientist in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, about the impact of a sedentary lifestyle, "For Elderly, a Little Slip Can Be Last," The Baltimore Sun, July 28, 2003.

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"We've basically given the food industry a free pass at our children, and they need protection from a food and activity environment that is out of control."

- Dr. Kelly D. Brownell, director of the Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, "Brakes on the Scale," USA Today, Aug. 20, 2003.


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