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"Some doctors have put their financial interests way ahead of the well-being of their patients."
-- Dr. Thomas Kosten, professor of psychiatry, on
an "ultra rapid-detox" regime that has been linked with several deaths, "'Rapid-Detox' May Be Life-Threatening," Hartford Courant, Aug. 24, 2005.
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"My own favorite among [poet Walt] Whitman's anecdotes is of his last visit to the then senile [Ralph Waldo] Emerson. The greatest of our poets so stationed his chair that he could stare fully at the benign countenance of his mentor, and each sat silently, Whitman in loving revery, Emerson in the tragic solitude of an Alzheimer's victim. It was the final act in a grand drama of influence that is still ongoing in our literary culture."
-- Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities, in his article "Whitman's America," The Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2005.
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"[T]he whole business of demanding apologies is out of control in modern America. The constant clamor for apologies suggests young children demanding the Mommy-kiss that magically heals. ... An apology ripped loose by the tightening rack of public opinion is worth exactly what any extorted concession, compliment, confession or retraction is worth."
-- David Gelernter, professor of computer science, in his article "Dobson's Choice," The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 10, 2005.
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''We all know people who are not calibrated to the social world at all, who if they participated in gossip sessions would learn a whole lot of stuff they need to know and can't learn anywhere else, like how reliable people are, how trustworthy. Not participating in gossip at some level can be unhealthy, and abnormal."
-- Sarah Wert, graduate student in the Department of Psychology, "Have You Heard? Gossip Turns Out to Serve a Purpose," The New York Times, Aug. 16, 2005.
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"[Former-slave-turned abolitionist Frederick] Douglass had spent his life making his fame, his reputation, in this world of white intellectuals. These white abolitionists and politicians were the icons of American reform, and Douglass wanted to see himself as what he was -- a major player in America's reform history."
-- David W. Blight, the Class of 1954 Professor of American History and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition, "Restoring Dignity; Restoration of Frederick Douglass Home Keeps Faith with His Values," The Washington Post, Aug. 13, 2005.
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"No matter how strong it might look, no tyranny is immortal. Good things happen when states stick up for their principles and the rights of the oppressed."
-- Michael D.J. Morgan, graduate student in the Department of History, in his article "From Helsinki to Baghdad," The Wall Street Journal Europe, Aug. 31, 2005.
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"The amount that people pay for financial advice relative to the quality of what they get is totally out of whack."
-- David Swensen, chief investment officer of the University and adjunct professor at the School of Management, "Monthly Mutual Funds Review -- Yale Manager Blasts Industry -- His Advice to Individuals: Choose Index Funds, ETFs Over Active Managers," The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 6, 2005.
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"[The United States is embarrassed by] the spectacle of a Baghdad on the Mississippi River and our own people being so poor and so destitute and so helpless at a time when we are talking about trying to spread democracy and curb looting in Baghdad."
-- Jim Sleeper, lecturer in political science, "A Nation's Castaways; Katrina Blew In, and Tossed Up Reminders of a Tattered Racial Legacy," The Washington Post, Sept. 4, 2005.
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"I think smokers are victims of the fact that cigarettes are incredibly addictive. ... I would be thrilled if there would now be a groundswell of support for lung cancer -- support groups and community efforts -- the way there are for breast cancer. There isn't that sort of equivalent effort that I can point to."
-- Dr. Lynn Tanoue, associate professor of pulmonary medicine, "Lung Cancer, Oft-Ignored, Still Deadliest," Hartford Courant, Aug. 16, 2005.
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"[Laparoscopic surgery is] the wave of the future. It's where surgery's going. Nobody wants to have surgeries done with huge scars, if you don't have to."
-- Dr. Milissa McKee, assistant professor of surgery and pediatrics, "For Her, It's Not a Question of Age," Boston Globe, Aug. 29, 2005.
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"The power of play truly extends beyond your childhood. Now more than ever, as the first 'hard-wired' generation raised with computers and the Internet is having a difficult time entering the workplace, is the time for parents to revisit play and the foundation of key life skills it builds."
-- Dorothy Singer, senior research scientist in the Department of Psychology, "Play Is Essential for School Readiness; Playmobil and Yale Researcher Dr. Dorothy Singer Debut New Approach to a Day's Play," PR Newswire U.S., Aug. 18, 2005.
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"Affirming the humanity of a person who is ill is a part of good medical care, practice and ethics. This basic idea is as old as the medical profession itself. ... If doctors fail to treat and see the person who is ill as their teacher and not their disease, the patient will be harmed."
-- The Reverend Frederick J. Streets, University chaplain, in his letter to the editor in response to "The Indignities of a Hospital Stay," The New York Times, Aug. 21, 2005.
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''There were a number of reasons the movie business moved to Southern California [from its birthplace in New York City in the early 1900s]. Weather was certainly one of them. They didn't have the terrible winter weather of the East. There was no rain and it was much warmer so you could work outside all year.''
-- Charles Musser, professor of American studies, "La-La Land: The Origins," The New York Times, Aug. 21, 2005.
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"The U.S. is at the forefront of those bullying China to revalue its currency. China is being accused of manipulating the yuan, keeping it too cheap in relation to the dollar. ... In fact, a much bigger revaluation of the yuan could be poisonous, as it could not only cause higher inflation and interest rates in the U.S. but also dry up the now-important source of Chinese funds that are financing the U.S.' substantial fiscal deficit."
-- Ernesto Zedillo, director of the Center for the Study of Globalization, in his article "China -- Wrong Whipping Boy," Forbes, July 25, 2005.
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"I look for the light that is specific for the production that I'm doing. I say that I try to make a light language that is for that production. ... I always say that technology is as good as the person using it. Many people, instead of getting interested in light, get interested in the technology, sort of get caught [in it]. You have to work through the technology to look at the light."
-- Jennifer Tipton, adjunct professor and lighting design adviser at the School of Drama, on her work as a lighting designer, "Looking at Light," BusinessWorld, Aug. 24, 2005.
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"Recycling has not been as hot and sexy as it was in the early '90s, and that has hurt recycling. ... There are two steps [to increasing recycling]. Simply recycle your stuff, and ask your neighbor and friends to recycle as well. Frankly, that second step may be the most important."
-- C.J. May, recycling coordinator, "State Struggles To Reach Goals on Recycling," Hartford Courant, Aug. 21, 2005.
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"To say that jurors act as 'the conscience of the community,' as the cliché has it, is too simple. One's conscience is morally significant only if one is responsible for the consequences of one's decision. Jurors, however, are responsible only to their own sense of justice in the single case they hear; the law shields them from any larger responsibility for consequences."
-- Peter H. Schuck, the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law, in his article "Just the Verdict, Please; The Vioxx Award Shows That Juries Are Lousy at 'Sending Messages' to Defendants," Los Angeles Times, Aug. 29, 2005.
T H I S
W E E K ' SS T O R I E S
Yale community extends helping hand to the victims of Hurricane Katrina
Yale leaders contribute $70,000 to match employee and student donations
Student donates prize money to aid victims of hurricane
Panel examined why Katrina was 'a perfect storm' of failure
Brenzel named undergraduate admissions dean
Studies explore function and formation of feathers
Chinese president's visit postponed
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS
Richard L. Cohn: Battell Professor of the Theory of Music
Lawrence Manley: William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English
Robert S. Nelson: Robert Lehman Professor of the History of Art
Susan C. Stokes: John S. Saden Professor of Political ScienceNBA star to discuss his humanitarian efforts in the Congo
Director Sofia Coppola to give Chubb Lecture
Labor-management training aims to foster cooperation
Project explores how cultural outlook impacts opinions
MEDICAL SCHOOL NEWS
NIH gives $3.6 million for research to alleviate anxiety . . .
Common pesticide linked to reduced fertility in women
Most implanted embryos are not viable, says study
Study: Hormone therapy for menopause leads to fewer wrinkles
Nicotine, long thought to curb appetite, may actually increase it . . .
Research shows brain distinguishes between odors inhaled . . .
Schizophrenics with diabetes still receive antipsychotic drugs . . .
Medical school offering clinical trial of new treatment . . .'Days of Caring'
Event celebrates 400-year anniversary of 'Don Quixote'
Symposium to examine history of U.S. reach into the Pacific
Scientist Pan invited to participate in NAE symposium
Electrical engineer T.P. Ma is honored for solid-state research
In weekly series, World Fellows will debate global topics
University will celebrate Constitution Day on Sept. 20
Multimedia artist presents photo exhibit and video installation at ISM
'A Taste of Bulgaria' to aid flood victims in another corner of the world
Urban infra-power and urban charisma to be explored in conference
Search committee named for School of Art dean
Biophysical chemist Julian Sturtevant . . .
Memorial service scheduled for . . . Robert Abelson
Alumni magazine now reaches every Yale graduate in the U.S.
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