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“Even if we get our fix of cheaper oil, we are still hooked… We can beg, we can moan, but until we get serious about new energy sources, we are going to pay more.”

Kathleen Hays of CNN’s business news team (CNN/Money, 24 May)

“Only one available source [of energy] does not cause global warming and that is nuclear energy.”

James Lovelock, originator of the Gaia hypothesis (The Independent, London, 24 May)

“Hospital administrators often encourage staff to wear neckties, but in so doing they may be facilitating the spread of infectious organisms.”

Steven Nurkin of the New York Hospital…

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