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No. 319: "Formerly Known As"

There's been more and more of it at Princeton in recent years, but now a faculty committee proposes to eliminate it or at least rename it. What's the old name; what's the new? 

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Monday's Question (No. 318)--"Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien":

"You won't hear any apologies from me," said Dr. Stephen Ostroff of the Centers for Disease Control. "Anyone who continues to maintain that there was some mistake here doesn't understand the way science proceeds." What isn't Ostroff apologizing for?

"Look, people, the whole point of the study was to see how well endangered condors could withstand the Ebola virus."--Greg Diamond

"Trying to pass off a few flasks of blue water and dry ice as a multimillion dollar cancer research project."--Floyd Elliot

"Biography, not biology. Sheesh."--Kyrie O'Connor

"Why can't you people understand that Cybill Sheperd would make an outstanding president of the United States?"--Steve Roche

"Random Hearts. 'As anybody with any understanding of the scientific process could tell you, the problem here lies with Sydney Pollack,' Dr. Ostroff noted. 'Although Harrison Ford surely shares some of the blame.' "--Tim Carvell

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