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January 14, 2005|Volume 33, Number 15|Two-Week Issue
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"We can't ask nonprofits to be more like for-profits in the ways that we like -- efficient, responsive, aggressive -- without expecting that they will also become more like for-profits in the ways that we don't: rapacious, hardheaded and, yes, sometimes selfish."

-- Jacob Hacker, the Peter Strauss Family Assistant Professor of Political Science, "Uncharitable?" The New York Times, Dec. 19, 2004.

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"When your defenses are strong, you're much more careful about spending. Once you buy the first item your defenses go down and the pain of spending additional money becomes easier."

-- Ravi Dhar, professor of marketing and of psychology, on why people go on shopping sprees, "Binge Shoppers Have New Excuse: Science," The Boston Herald, Dec. 12, 2004.

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"There are two peaks of exposure [to accidental poisonings]. One to two-years-olds who are exploring and adolescents. Their intent is usually self-harm, self-medication and substance abuse."

-- Dr. Carl R. Baum, assistant professor of pediatrics, "New Book Addresses Toxic Threats to Children, Teens," New Haven Register, Dec. 12, 2004.

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"We're going to have more and more children under three getting diagnosed [as autistic]. But sadly, it looks like we're going to have fewer and fewer services for them."

-- Dr. Fred Volkmar, the Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics, "In Autism, New Goal Is Finding It Soon Enough to Fight It," The New York Times, Dec. 14, 2004.

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"If the Sunnis either don't vote [in the Iraq elections] because they're scared to, since the security situation is lousy in their area, or if they choose to boycott the elections, then what you're going to see is that in the next stage, which is the drafting of a constitution, a major constituency, maybe 20% of the population, Sunni Arabs, is not going to be represented. That's going to make it very hard to cut a constitutional deal that they will want to join. And that will increase the likelihood of the insurgency continuing and even possibly, in a worst-case scenario, becoming an all-out civil war."

-- Noah Feldman, visiting professor at the Law School, "New Tape is Osama bin Laden; Iraqi Elections to Face Many Challenges," "News From CNN," CNN, Dec. 16, 2004.

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"The conventional wisdom is that Niemann-Pick is a very rare disease. But it's probably much more common than we know. There are many cases [of Niemann-Pick] that may be misdiagnosed because someone is older."

-- Dr. Pramod Kumar Mistry, associate professor of internal medicine, about a rare genetic disease that wreaks damage similar to Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases, "Disease Linked to Way Cholesterol Processed," Connecticut Post, Dec. 13, 2004.

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"We have been developing a culture in this society, in this country in which it's believed that any conceivable social problem can be solved by litigation."

-- George L. Priest, the John M. Olin Professor of Law and Economics, "Iraq Accuses Syria and Iran of Orchestrating Terrorist Attacks," Fox News Network, Dec. 15, 2004.

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"[Commodities] have almost been a neglected corner of the investment universe. It will come into the mainstream in the near future. ... Investors [however] shouldn't put all their eggs in one basket. Eggs are a commodity, I realize."

-- K. Geert Rouwenhorst, professor of finance, "Oil Leads Commodities Holdings on a Ride; Heavy on Energy, Oppenheimer Real Asset Has Shown the Power to Perform," The Washington Post, Dec. 19, 2004.

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"The process of becoming obese is greatly facilitated by a search for health and healthy foods. You've read that something fights Alzheimer's or lowers your blood pressure, so why shouldn't you have a healthy portion?''

-- Dr. David Musto, professor of child psychiatry, professor of the history of medicine, lecturer in American studies and lecturer in history, "Exchanging Cigarettes For Bagels," The New York Times, Dec. 19, 2004.

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"You have got to get most people out of the income tax if you want to have any hope of keeping [tax reform efforts] simple. If not, the incentive to give a tax deduction for this or that is just too big to resist."

-- Michael J. Graetz, the Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor of Law, "Putting Tax Code on a Diet," The San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 16, 2004.

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"The speculation is SAD [Seasonal Affective Disorder] is a disease that's more of a problem in modern society than in historical society. It's perfectly reasonable. In the winter months when there wasn't much to do; it was OK to do less. Modern industrial society is reluctant to allow for a slowdown."

-- Dr. Dan Oren, adjunct associate professor of psychiatry, "Winter's Lack of Light Can Darken Our Mood; Many Suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder," The Hartford Courant, Jan. 4, 2005.

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"The inherent value of 'being lost' in a city is, ironically, what you might end up 'finding', and a purely graphic approach to such a signage project would miss this quirk. A conventional route to solving the problem of signage is, invariably, to produce more signage: a fact that befalls any area where the needs of tourism impinge on and sit alongside purely directional or geographical information (road signs, etc.)."

-- Paul Elliman, critic in graphic design at the School of Art, in his article, "Finding a Voice in Venice," Centaur Communications Ltd. Creative Review, Jan. 4, 2005.

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"This [U.S. relief effort in Sri Lankan areas affected by the tsunami] represents an opportunity to try to move beyond the frustration of Iraq and pre-emption and his tensions with the Islamic world. It is an example of an area where the U.S. ... can work in a cause that no one can argue with."

-- John Lewis Gaddis, the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History, "Tsunami Impact: U.S.-Led 'Core Group' on Aid Bypasses the U.N. Analysis," IPS-Inter Press Service, Jan. 5, 2005.

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"The car owner isn't the only victim [of auto theft]. All of us end up paying higher insurance rates. Police have to devote resources to finding these cars. Worse still, the stolen cars are often used to commit other crimes or are driven recklessly. ... We need to change social customs. Folks who make life easier for thieves are imposing costs on the rest of us. The damage is just like that from secondhand smoke."

-- Ian Ayres, the William K. Townsend Professor of Law, and Barry Nalebuff, the Milton Steinbach Professor of Management, in their article, "Stop, Thief!" Forbes, Jan. 10, 2005.

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"Conservatives claim they want to get government off our backs, but, whenever they feel offended, there they are, on our backs, protecting us from their perception of evil."

-- Robert Solomon, clinical professor of law, in his article "Radio Daze," Connecticut Law Tribune, Jan. 3, 2005.


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

Campus responds to tsunami disaster with relief efforts

Alumnus' gift will fund environment center in new F&ES building

Fossils offer insights into consequences of extinction

Festival puts spotlight on the arts at Yale


ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS

Campus events mark birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.

Astronomers' maps show dark matter clumps in galaxies

With grant, Yale to develop new programs to retain doctoral students

Exhibits feature landscape paintings in era of British exploration


SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEWS

Engineer wins prestigious Nishizawa Medal

Colloquium honors retired professor Michael Holquist

Artworks based on sacred themes and Ethiopian iconography . . .

Works by 'mythic figure in modern art' are the focus . . .

Exhibit showcases examples of crimes in ancient history

Evolution is theme of scientist's Terry Lectures

Himalayan kingdom is topic of next Tetelman Lecture

Statue honors accomplishments of Yale's first Chinese student

World Conservation Union adopts resolution by F&ES students

In Memoriam: Dr. Nicholas M. Greene

Campus Notes


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