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April 30, 2004|Volume 32, Number 28

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"In African thought -- including pre-Christian thought -- sin has three characteristics: One, sin haunts you. Two, sin contaminates and three, sin can be cleansed by sacrifice. Therefore, Africans find it easy to relate to Christ's sacrifice for human sin."

-- Lamin Sanneh, the D. Willis James Professor of World Christianity, "The Good Friday Divide," United Press International, April 7, 2004.

"[Wallace] Stevens was a great poet who was philosophical and complex. He was demanding and, thus, unlikely to receive popular homage. On the other hand, he was deeply a poet of Connecticut. He created a poetry of place here. You can see it in nearly every one of his poems. His poetic world consisted of four seasons, oscillating and in continual change."

-- Langdon Hammer, professor of English, "At Long Last, a Poet Reigns," The New York Times, April 11, 2004.

"A hundred years ago, most people voted for president strictly according to their party's line; having two regions or factions represented on the ticket made sense as a way to bolster party unity. But through the 20th century, power migrated from party bosses to the candidates. The nominee's image came to loom larger than his affiliation, and as a result the choice of running mate now matters mainly for what it says about the top contender himself."

-- David Greenberg, lecturer in political science and history, in his article "The Myths and Mysteries of Picking a No. 2," The New York Times, April 11, 2004.

"In three decades of Deng Xiaoping-led economic reform, the party has relinquished control over many aspects of people's personal lives and has opened up spaces for individual freedom unimaginable under Mao. One can steer clear of politics and pursue the Dengist motto 'to get rich is glorious.' But ... beneath the surface of growing prosperity and loosening control, common people are waging a struggle to claim the greater freedom, clean government and rule of law that the party has promised but never delivers."

-- Nayan Chanda, director of publications at the Center for the Study of Globalization, in his review of "Wild Grass" by Ian Johnson, "The Longer March," The Washington Post, April 11, 2004.

"There is, after all, a large reserve force available for deployment in Iraq, and eager to see the U.S. operation in the country become an utter success. ... [I]t lies in the phalanxes of U.S. neo-conservatives, right-wing gurus, hardline journalists and think-tank pundits who assured the bemused American public and their politicians 20 months ago that the conquest of Iraq would not be difficult -- and that after all Baghdad's weapons of mass destruction were discovered, our troops would soon be back in their home bases."

-- Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, in his article "Short of Soldiers for Iraq? Send in the Wolfowitz Brigade," The Australian, April 12, 2004.

"The changes [to the Northwest Forest Plan] are an attempt to set a new standard, one counter to ecosystem management. They're going from survey and manage (of old-growth species) to don't ask, don't tell."

-- James Lyons, lecturer at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, "Bush Accord Could Revive Timber Wars; Logging To Double on Federal Lands in the Northwest," San Francisco Chronicle, April 12, 2004.

"There has been some increasing pressure in recent years on the part of the Catholic hierarchy to appoint Catholic politicians to articulate positions more in line with Catholic ethical and social teaching."

-- Harold Attridge, the Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament and dean of the Divinity School, "Controversy Over John Kerry's Voting Outside His Religion," "Today," NBC, April 12, 2004.

"Confederate heritage is big politics. The Confederate flag has made and unmade a couple of governors of South Carolina, as hard as it is to believe. It matters to people."

-- David Blight, the Class of 1954 Professor of American History, "'Moonlight, Magnolias,' and a Myth that Won't Die," Ottawa Citizen, April 17, 2004.

"One of the most common challenges to weight control in marriage is sabotage. This is when one of the pair is threatened by the weight loss efforts of the other. The resultant behavior is an effort, subtle or not, to undermine the spouse, often by bringing 'seductive' foods into the home.''

-- Dr. David Katz, associate clinical professor of epidemiology and public health and of medicine, "Holy Matrimony; A Carload of Potential Dietary Pitfalls," The Miami Herald, April 15, 2004.

"Black plays have sold and can sell on Broadway. There is a black audience, they do have money, and they will come if you put something on that matters to them."

-- Lloyd Richards, professor emeritus of drama, "Who Says Black Theater Is Having a Tough Time?" The New York Times, April 15, 2004.

"But I think Melville's surprising ability to rise to canonical status so many years after his death certainly had something to do with the enthusiastic advocacy of Dick [Brodhead] and his colleagues for Melville's novel 'Moby Dick.' ... (Interestingly, Dick's home directly faces a Yale ice hockey rink with an exterior shape that resembles the white whale Moby Dick. Every day when he gazes out the windows of his house, he looks directly at the heroic profile of that 'whale.' It can truly be called a case of life and scholarship -- Dick and Moby Dick -- virtually melting into one. This set of circumstances made a good joke on the Yale campus for a while.)"

-- Kang-i Sun Chang, professor of East Asian languages and literatures, in her article "Dick as I Know Him," World Journal Weekly, Feb. 22, 2004.

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

New class of World Fellows chosen

Yale broadens environmental goals for future

Epilepsy: Even small seizures can cause loss of consciousness

Cystic fibrosis: Compound found in spice tumeric . . .

Schizophrenia: Brain area governing shearing . . .

Yale Community Service Day

Alumni donate lifesaving gifts to Engineering, Athletics

Tampa Bay Buccaneers draft Bulldog star Nate Lawrie

Groundbreaking ceremony held for police station-community center

New program to bring students from Seoul to Yale

Study will explore whether exercise impacts risk factors for breast cancer

Drama school's 'Uncle Vanya' breaks from naturalist tradition

Graduates of the drama school will gather for Reunion Weekend

Michael Denning to sign copies of his new book at local store