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“Folks make mistakes. I don’t think it would serve any effective purpose to try to point fingers.”

Harold Davis, associate vice-president for research at the University of Texas at Austin, who last week admitted that the university had reported only three of 13 laboratory accidents involving pathogens since January 2000 (Austin American-Statesman, 13 September)

“Couples don’t realise what they have in each other. It’s like a gold mine they’re not mining.”

Psychologist Carolyn Shaffer on how the modern trend of using drugs such as Viagra and hormone-replacement therapies to spice up couples’ sex lives may not be as effective…

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