"The most common reason (for nonpayment) is that the debtor has no money...or has engaged in strategies to keep the money insulated against the judgment. Probably, one of the most powerful judgment-proof devices is to...move to a state favorable to debtors."

-- Lynn M. LoPucki, the A. Robert Noll Professor of Law, discussing whether plaintiffs can expect to collect on large payments awarded through civil lawsuits, quoted by the Associated Press, Feb. 27.

"In some big labor markets, language problems are an increasing source of frustration. It's accentuated because 80 percent of the workforce is employed in service jobs. A lot of these jobs are filled by immigrants. But by definition, service means communication. . . . If workers can't communicate, it certainly affects quality of life."

-- Vernon Briggs, professor of industrial and labor relations, discussing reports of a "language gap" in USA Today, Feb. 28.

"Our study results demonstrate that even as little as five minutes of exercise each day is enough to improve one physiologically and, more importantly, psychologically."

-- Toni McBride, director of Cornell's Wellness Program, discussing the benefits of daily exercise in the March issue of Your Health.

". . . there is no difficulty at all in driving human cells [in a lab dish] into [quiescence]. All that's needed is to take a culture of proliferating cells and deprive them of [nutrients]."

-- W. Bruce Currie, professor of animal science, discussing the possibility of human cloning in the March 10 issue of Newsweek.

"Groupthink chokes off debate, stunts intellectual development and stifles individual expression. Arguments are stripped of nuance; individuals become ciphers, their book titles, hot-buttons."

-- President Hunter Rawlings, quoted in a commentary on how truth is often twisted in public debate by Associated Press political reporter Calvin Woodward, March 11.