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"It is more than just a bad hair day. It really does rise to that level where somebody is affected in some important way. ... Historically, some people have not taken the condition seriously, from doctors to patients. Some patients just think this is their lot in life and they have to put up with this ... and they won't necessarily seek treatment for it."
-- Kimberly Yonkers, associate professor of psychiatry, lecturer in epidemiology and public health and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, on PMDD, a severe premenstrual disorder, "Schering Gets FDA OK for Premenstrual Disorder Pdt," Dow Jones News Service, Oct. 5, 2006.
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"It is one of the golden rules that the U.N. doesn't want someone [as secretary general] who is controversial and who, in carrying through policies, has offended or got the back up of other countries. People may snort in indignation about faceless bureaucrats, but it was almost certain that the process would throw up someone who was not a household name."
-- Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, "Despair at U.N. Over Selection of 'Faceless' Ban Ki-Moon as General Secretary: Officials 'Glum' Over Choice To Succeed Kofi Annan. Staff Believe U.S. Pushed for Weakest Candidate," Guardian (London), Oct. 7, 2006.
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"I don't think [the power to forgive is] always tied to faith. I think people, other people, people of other faiths and people who have no faith, they can also forgive. But it sure helps if you believe that you don't come out of inchoate darkness and end up your life in inchoate darkness. And in the middle, you live like a bundle of atoms that all cry for self-satisfaction. But rather, if you believe that a good god, a loving god, a creator god, a god who is a giving one has created you, and if you believe in such a god, I think it is easier to forgive."
-- Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology, on the forgiveness that the Amish people have expressed toward the gunman who killed five young school girls from their community, "Power to Forgive," "Sunday Morning," CNN, Oct. 8, 2006.
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"Two facts, however painful, must be recognized, or we will remain perilously confused in Iraq. First, invading Iraq was not in the interests of the United States. It was in the interests of Iran and al-Qaida. For Iran, it avenged a grudge against Saddam for his invasion of the country in 1980. For al-Qaida, it made it easier to kill Americans. Second, the war has paralyzed the United States in the world diplomatically and strategically. ... Tied down like Gulliver in the sands of Mesopotamia, we simply cannot attract the diplomatic and military cooperation necessary to win the real battle against terror."
-- William Odom, adjunct professor of political science, in his article,"Let's Get Out Now: Tied Down like Gulliver in the Sands of Mesopotamia. The U.S. Must Withdraw from Iraq to Win the Real War Against Terror, Says Retired Gen. William E. Odom," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct. 8, 2006.
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"Well, it's not the fur [that makes some people sneeze], that's true, but it's also generally not the dander. It's something else, which is just slightly disgusting, and that's cat spit. ... Almost all cats have a protein in their saliva called Fel d 1. And you know how cats are always licking themselves? ... Well, they lick themselves, and this saliva dries on their fur and it turns into dust, very fine particles of dust. And it's inhaling those particles of cat spit, of dried cat spit, that cause the allergies."
-- Dr. Sydney Spiesel, associate clinical professor of pediatrics and clinical professor of nursing, "High-Tech Alternative for Cat Lovers with Allergies," "Day to Day," National Public Radio, Oct. 9, 2006.
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"You may be able to indulge your druthers, and choose diet or drugs to bring cholesterol down. Just don't choose to ignore your cholesterol level. There are nearly 500,000 heart disease deaths each year in the U.S., and this silent killer is implicated in many of them."
-- Dr. David Katz, associate professor adjunct in public health practice in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, in his article, "Controlling Cholesterol Is Critical," New Haven Register, Oct. 9, 2006.
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"We [African Americans] laugh at our black comedians whose favorite jokes often turn on the 'b' word, the 'n' word, and the 'm.f.' word. We laugh sometimes, but, afterwards, we are very depressed. Let's reclaim our birth stories, give our children their sense of beauty, and remember that after God created human beings -- all human beings -- he didn't say they were magnificent, he didn't say they were perfect, but that they, all of us, are good."
-- The Reverend Frederick J. Streets, University chaplain, pastor at the Church of Christ in Yale, assistant clinical professor at the Child Study Center and adjunct assistant professor at the Divinity School, "It Takes More than a Proclamation," New Haven Independent, Oct. 15, 2006.
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With 31 winners, Yale has most Fulbright recipients this year
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Joint Yale-Chile astronomy program has been renewed
Divinity School exhibit shows human impact of Iraq war
Three Divinity School faculty members appointed to endowed posts
Thomas Ogletree is designated Frederick Marquand Professor of Ethics
Leonora Tubbs Tisdale named the Clement-Muehl Professor
Willis Jenkins joins faculty as the Margaret Farley Assistant Professor
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V.P. Shauna King announces changes in Office of Finance and Administration
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Study shows genes and life stress interact in the brain
New concert series will offer fresh look at chamber music
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Medical school and hospital honored for rapid response team in pediatric
Memorial service for Dr. Paul Beeson
U.N. official's talk rescheduled
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