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"There seems to be this slow but very noticeable military escalation on both sides [of the North and South Korean border]. It could just be the flurry before the calm, the North Koreans making noises again before agreeing to talk."
-- Michael R. Auslin, assistant professor of history, "North Korea Says It Is Using Plutonium To Make A-Bombs," The New York Times, Oct. 2, 2003.
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"When the air quality index says that the air is good, that means levels of ozone in the air are anywhere between zero and 60 parts per billion. When it is 'moderate' it is between 60 and 120 parts per billion. It really is at that point that parents of asthmatic children would be well advised to keep their children indoors and make sure they have a low level of activity."
-- Janneane Gent, associate research scientist, "Asthmatic Children are Affected Even in Less-Severe Pollution," The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 8, 2003.
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"[The Pentagon's] policy of excluding gays and lesbians from the military is morally offensive and is not appropriate for a democracy that believes in equality."
-- Robert Burt, the Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Law, "Pentagon, Colleges Duel on Gay Policy," The Hartford Courant, Oct. 8, 2003.
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"The U.S. is sending a message to China, Japan and all of Southeast Asia: We are in the region, and we are here to stay. We are not going to give up East Asia to Chinese influence."
-- Nayan Chanda, director of publications at the Center for the Study of Globalization, "U.S. Pursues Military Ties With Vietnam," The Mercury News, Oct. 6, 2003.
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"All of a sudden, there's a tremendous pressure on surgeons to do [less invasive hip operations]. I have people coming to the office who have downloaded 50 pages of stuff from the Internet on minimally invasive surgery. ... The benefits are overstated, overpromoted and giving people false expectations."
-- Dr. Kristaps J. Keggi, clinical professor of orthopaedics, "Weighing Pain, Gain and Risk in Replacing a Hip," The New York Times, Oct. 7, 2003.
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"People learned an awful lot about risk in the past few years. They understand that equities can be a good long-term investment, but they now know just how volatile they can be."
-- William Goetzmann, the Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies, "Stock Funds Gain, Tech Rebounds -- But It's Not the Same," The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 6, 2003.
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"We are always looking for someone to blame, someone to point the finger at, but these are complicated situations."
-- Dr. Howard Zonana, professor of psychiatry and clinical professor of law, about a mother who was held criminally liable for the suicide of her son, "Scruggs Convicted of Contributing to Son's Suicide," The Associated Press, Oct. 7, 2003.
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"There is also a consensus among mainstream economists that conventional government policies, especially the kind of massive tax cuts and big deficit spending instituted by President George W. Bush, will usher in a standard business recovery that will eventually generate lots of jobs and lower the unemployment rate. We'd better be prepared for that consensus to be wrong."
-- Jeffrey E. Garten, dean of the Yale School of Management, in his article "Will All Those Jobs Ever Come Back?" BusinessWeek, Oct. 6, 2003.
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"It strikes me that it makes no sense to use a muscle relaxant in executing people. Complete muscle paralysis does not mean loss of pain sensation."
-- Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland, clinical professor of surgery, about using such drugs as part of a lethal injection, "Critics Say Execution Drug May Hide Suffering," The New York Times, Oct. 7, 2003.
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"Eugenics -- the idea of manipulating human genes to the end of improving individuals, groups or entire populations -- is strongly associated with the Nazi programs of sterilization, euthanasia and genocide. ... The eugenics movement provided a biological rationale for the Immigration Act of 1924, which discriminated against immigrants from eastern and southern Europe, and for laws in a number of states that restricted interracial marriage."
-- Daniel J. Kevles, the Stanley Woodward Professor of History, in his article "'War Against the Weak': Here Comes the Master Race," The New York Times, Oct. 5, 2003.
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