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"Self-regulation hasn't really worked in any industry.
A watchdog won't bite the hand that feeds it."
-- Ellen Fried, research associate in the Department
of Psychology, "Critics Say Watchdog Group
Too Soft on Advertising Industry,"
Charlotte Observer, Oct. 31, 2005.
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"It's good storytelling. The formula is this: A guy says he's seen or heard ghosts. Then you have a skeptic saying it's all bunk. Then the reporter says, 'Well, who knows?' It puts a crank's wacky ideas on the same level with a scientist."
-- Dr. Steven Novella, assistant professor of neurology, "Be Unafraid; Be Very Unafraid," New Haven Register, Oct. 30, 2005.
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"A week doesn't go by that I don't see a woman in her 20s or early 30s with skin cancer."
-- Dr. David Leffell, deputy dean for clinical affairs, director of the Yale Medical Group, and professor of dermatology and surgery, "Not So Sunny Spots; You Can Still Get Skin Cancer Even If You Haven't Spent a Lifetime Outdoors," U.S. News & World Report, Nov. 14, 2005.
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-- David R. Cameron, professor of political science, in his article "Assembly Can Limit Cities in Taking Homes," New Haven Register, Oct. 19, 2005.
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"With the arrival of women's history, women's studies and renewed interest in race and ethnicity, people started to look at these places in much more complicated ways."
-- Dolores Hayden, professor of architecture and of American studies, about the increase in the number of students interested in studying the suburbs, "Suburban Studies 101," The Baltimore Sun, Nov. 9, 2005.
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"The new corporate leader weaves a texture out of the threads flowing from his or her company's community. This is not an architect imposing his or her blueprint on everyone."
-- Yochai Benkler, professor at the Law School, "Keeping a Gentle Grip on Power," U.S. News & World Report, Oct. 31, 2005.
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"[A proposed revision allowing companies to make emissions reports only every other year] creates the potential for variations year to year with companies taking advantage of the nonreporting year to do things that might be especially polluting. That's a terrible incentive to build into the system."
-- Daniel Esty, clinical professor at the Law School and professor of environmental law and policy at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, "Reporting Standards May Change," Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas), Oct. 25, 2005.
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"It is strange for a management professor but I'm interested in what monkeys can teach us about our own behavior."
-- Keith Che, assistant professor at the School of Management, about his research with psychologist Laurie Santos involving monkeys who trade coins for food, "Monkey Business; When It Comes to Money, It Turns Out We're No More Rational than Our Primate Cousins. But Knowing This Could Pay Dividends," New Scientist, Nov. 5, 2005.
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"[Children] don't respond to the [flu] vaccine quite as well as older people do. So they need the second shot to assure that they develop sufficient antibodies."
-- Robert S. Baltimore, professor of pediatrics and of epidemiology and public health, "Best-Laid Plans, Cont'd," The Washington Post, Nov. 8, 2005.
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"I'm not concerned about little children learning ABCs and numbers. They can learn that when they go to school. I want children to have the opportunity to develop into nice, empathetic people, who know how to share and cooperate. That's the child who's going to be liked and will get on much better in the world."
-- Dorothy Singer, senior research scientist in the Department of Psychology, "Dorothy Singer of Yale Lends Expertise to 'Wheels on the Bus' Series," New Haven Register, Nov. 7, 2005.
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"I'm waiting for the first colleague, for the first conservatory in this country to call up and say, because of the publicity around your gift, one of our donors said we need to do the same thing. This is going to be good for all music schools."
-- Thomas Duffy, acting dean of the School of Music and adjunct professor of music, about the $100 million gift to the School of Music by an anonymous donor, "Interview Terry Gaiser; Interview Deborah Natansohn," "Live Saturday," CNN, Nov. 5, 2005.
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"It's clear, however, that if a more precautionary view toward climate-change risks, based on scientific evidence, finally becomes the consensus, spontaneous action on the part of individuals, businesses and local governments and communities driven by market incentives and social conscience will not suffice. It is intrinsic to the nature of the problem ... that more decisive coordinated government action, nationally and multilaterally, will be warranted."
-- Ernesto Zedillo, director of the Center for the Study of Globalization and professor in the field of international economics and politics, in his article "Climate Change: Prudence or Venture?" Forbes, Nov. 2, 2005.
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"Good teachers are able to engage the children. They're able to be omnipresent. They know what's going on in this corner of the room and have eyes in the back of their head to know what's going on in the other corner of the room. It's a very difficult job to do well. When it's done well, it looks like ballet. When it's done poorly, it looks like a train wreck."
-- Walter Gilliam, associate research scientist at the Child Study Center, "Interview: William Gormley on a Study that Backs Benefits of Preschool," "Morning Edition," National Public Radio, Nov. 2, 2005.
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"There are thousands of different molecules in plant foods, and determining which one of them in isolation, if any, confers a health benefit may be like looking for that proverbial needle in a haystack -- with the added challenge that there may be no needle. Fruits and vegetables, and for that matter antioxidant-rich red wine, green tea and dark chocolate may offer health effects we don't know how to put in a pill."
-- Dr. David Katz, associate clinical professor of epidemiology and public health, in his article "Looking for Health in All the Wrong Places?" New Haven Register, Nov. 5, 2005.
T H I S
"The purposes for which property could be acquired by eminent domain should be limited to projects that are publicly owned, used by the general public, common carriers or public utilities, or involve the remediation of blighted areas. Within the allowed uses and purposes, the taking of residences should be limited to those which constitute health and safety hazards and are uninhabitable and beyond repair."
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Yale will build new child care center as part of family-oriented initiatives
Professor, alumni receive National Humanities Medals
Study links strokes and common sleep disorder
Women's soccer team wins Ivy crown, makes NCAA 'Sweet 16'
Dr. David Fiellin receives support for research . . .
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPSYale scientists discover way to predict microstructure of crystals
Study finds that regular practice of meditation . . .
Grant to fund study of tics and Tourette syndrome
Yale veterans' sacrifices in service to their country honored
Study to explore effects of cholesterol drug on heart patients
Ceremony celebrates recent Davenport College renovations
Woolsey Hall Live
Yale awards fellowships to junior faculty
Production will take a new look at Shakespeare's most famous play
Newly created conference honors former dean of School of Nursing
Six members of the engineering faculty win awards . . .
Students will vie in simulated court cases . . .
Doctoral students, alumna win Gilder Lehrman Fellowships
Five former Yale athletes are lauded for their leadership
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