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"Physical activity used to be what people had to do to survive. Now it's something we work into our day."
-- Dr. David Katz, associate clinical professor of epidemiology and public health, "Junk Food Junkies; Canadians 'Digging Their Graves With Their Teeth,'" Winnipeg Sun (Manitoba), Nov. 7, 2004.
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"The enduring legacy of the 2004 election is to demonstrate the potency of voter mobilization efforts. Now that both parties have seen how this can work, we can expect it to be a staple of elections from here on out."
-- Donald Green, the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Political Science, "Balloting Is Boosted by Young and Conservatives," Los Angeles Times, Nov. 4, 2004.
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"A sound designer's biggest problem is programming time. We can't say, 'I'll have that tomorrow,' because [the technical rehearsal] is happening now. ... There's often a feeling of being compromised."
-- David Budries, adjunct assistant professor of sound design at the School of Design, on the difficulty of turning ideas into theatrical reality, "Innovating at the Speed of Sound," Variety, Nov. 1-7, 2004.
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"There is no reason why a test result cannot be offered to the physician within 24 hours. Now, most departments are digital, or could be if they chose. We have instant retrievability of prior images, so that is no longer an excuse. A radiology report should be provided within 24 hours in 99% of cases."
-- Dr. Howard Forman, associate professor of diagnostic radiology and lecturer in economics, "Doctors Should Return Test Results Faster," The Boston Globe, Nov. 2, 2004.
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"You know, to make it in the world, it takes more than academic achievement and high test scores. You have to have social development so you can interact with people everywhere or anyplace, whatever situation you're in. You have to have psycho-emotional development so that you can control your impulses to hit, take, control. You've got to have ethical development so you know right from wrong and you're committed to doing the right thing."
-- Dr. James Comer, the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, "Child Psychiatrist Dr. James Comer Comments on Underachieving Kids in Public Schools." National Public Radio, Nov. 9, 2004.
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"Often, emotionally troubled students or concerned parents and friends contact the campus clergy first. Campus ministers collaborate with various college staff and mental health professionals to learn from one another how best to serve students."
-- The Reverend Frederick J. Streets, University chaplain, in his letter to the editor, "Coping with College," The New York Times, Nov. 2, 2004.
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"In every project, we've found things we never would have predicted in a million years."
-- Michael Snyder, the Lewis B. Cullman Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, on the benefits of his discovery-driven vs. hypothesis-driven research on DNA, "Reverse Transcript; Think Big, Dress Casual; Mike Snyder's Recipe for Success Has Helped Shape Functional Genomics," The Scientist, Nov. 8, 2004.
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"Today's dysfunctional health care system is a palpable example of the lessons that come from our national obsession with markets at all costs. In the face of explosive evidence regarding the toll our choices have taken on our ability to protect citizens from the cost of illness and promote the well-being of our most vulnerable populations, our political leaders cling to them. Americans deserve better."
-- George Silver, professor emeritus of public health and international health, in his article, "Health Care: Beyond Markets," The Washington Post, Nov. 11, 2004.
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"[O]ur international problems are utterly intractable, and the sooner we recognize this, the better. ... We should figure out clever ways to declare victory [in Iraq] at the first decent opportunity and remove our troops."
-- Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, "Afghanistan Reborn; The Epic Achievement of the Bush Administration -- and of America," The Weekly Standard, Nov. 8, 2004.
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"If it is generally thought that oil prices will be higher in the future, owners of oil reserves will tend to postpone costly investments in exploration and expansion of production capacity, and they may pump oil at below capacity. Expectations become self-fulfilling, oil prices rise and a speculative bubble is born."
-- Robert J. Shiller, the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics, in his article, "Relax, the World Isn't Running Out of Oil," South China Morning Post, Nov. 5, 2004.
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"[A]cademic cynicism about truth and facts has placed postmodern academics unwittingly in league with current conservative thinking. Disregard for the truth has enabled politicians to emphasize what is projected (if we say that Saddam Hussein is responsible for 9/11 long enough, people will believe it), rather than what is fact."
-- David Krasner, adjunct associate professor of theater studies, English and African-American studies, in his letter to the editor, "Views of 'Objective Truth,' and Their History," Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 5, 2004.
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"What we think of as the edge between implicit and explicit sex is elastic, not hard and fast. ... I remember 'NYPD Blue' when [Jimmy] Smits was part of the show. There was the first shot of his naked butt from the rear, and there was such shock and amazement. But each time something pushes the limits and gets by, then other shows need to also push the limit and see how far they can go before someone or something steps in and says stop."
-- Marianne LaFrance, professor of psychology, "Sex: We Can Embrace It, or We Can Censor It. Doesn't Matter. It's Always a Subject That Holds Our Fascination," The Hartford Courant, Nov. 7, 2004.
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"The choice is not between adjusting or not adjusting [to global economic changes], it's between orderly or chaotic adjustment. ... Orderly adjustment is not, of course, a piece of cake. It requires recognizing that sooner rather than later fiscal deficits do matter, that an expansive monetary policy can become a curse rather than a cure and that no currency has the eternal confidence of investors divinely bestowed upon it. Harsh decisions must be made to confront these mulish certitudes."
-- Ernesto Zedillo, director of the Center for the Study of Globalization, in his article, "Resilience Is Not Forever; Ernesto Zedillo Says We Can Act Now To Plan for Future Shocks," Forbes, Nov. 15, 2004.
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"The soldiers who 'volunteered' for these experiments had every expectation that they would be treated fairly by their officers and surely by the physicians. As doctors, we ask our patients to trust us, and this trust was manipulated, exploited and betrayed. ... You have no choice but to recommend that [the volunteers] be apprised of what had been done to them. Doing otherwise is an abdication of medical responsibility."
-- Jay Katz, the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor Emeritus of Law, Medicine and Psychiatry and the Harvey L. Karp Professorial Lecturer in Law and Psychoanalysis, recommending that veterans who volunteered for chemical testing in World War II, and their families, be notified of the health risks of that exposure, "Veterans Kept the Military's Secret, Some Until Death," Detroit Free Press, Nov. 11, 2004.
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