"The most successful rhetorical battle of recent years was the success of Republicans in stigmatizing the word liberal."
-- Theodore J. Lowi, the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions, in the Sept. 29 Washington Post.
"At first, we thought we weren't seeing any because our technique was bad. Now we know they're just not there."
-- Mark B. Bain, associate professor of natural resources, discussing Atlantic sturgeon, quoted by the New York Times News Service.
"I found examples of things used to determine teachers' competence that were laughably irrelevant: the appearance of classrooms, blackboards not cleaned, chalk down to quarter of an inch, shades not pulled down to a uniform level."
-- James A. Gross, professor of industrial and labor relations, in the Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review, Sept. 10.