“Lack of exercise may be as dangerous for the heart as smoking a packet of cigarettes every day.”
Warning from the World Heart Federation, in preparation for “World Heart Day” on 29 September
“From now on, any imports of British meat would be unlikely to call into question the level of safety currently guaranteed to consumers in France.”
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The French Agency for Food 91ɫÇéƬ Safety, on its decision to lift the ban on imports of British beef (20 September)
“Death is not an acceptable side effect.”
Kate Trunk, whose son died of an accidental overdose of acetaminophen, or paracetamol (International Herald Tribune, 21 September)
“We will ensure that the WTO intellectual property rules are flexible enough to allow developing nations to gain access to critical medicines for extraordinary dangers like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.”
President Bush, in a document on national security (19 September)
“We’re stuck with this preposterous Universe.”
Astronomer John Carlstrom of the University of Chicago, announcing results confirming big bang theory (19 September). See story on p 14
“You mean I can take pictures of my arse and send them to my mate? That’s totally worth paying for. How much?”
Cellphone owner Craig on the possibilities of photo messaging(The Observer, London, 22 September)