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Sound bite.


'All of a sudden, it seemed like we were adding on another university every week to look into.'

--Michael Zweiback, assistant U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , speaking about prosecuting hackers.

'If your brain can do it, we can tap into it.'

--John P. Donoghue, professor of neuroscience neu·ro·sci·ence
n.
Any of the sciences, such as neuroanatomy and neurobiology, that deal with the nervous system.



neuroscience

the embryology, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology of the nervous system.
 at Brown University, and co-developer of a system that has allowed a paralyzed par·a·lyze  
tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es
1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic.

2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear.
 man to move a computer curser with the help of a computer chip embedded in his brain.

'No one makes a mega-gift when there is no president.'

--Harvard official who asked to remain anonymous, speaking about $275 million in stalled gifts from Oracle's Larry Ellison Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major database software company. Early life
Ellison was born in New York City to Florence Spellman, a 19-year-old unwed Jewish mother.
 and others following Lawrence Summers' resignation.
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