鈥淎 lot of time is being wasted. A lot of people who could be helped are not being helped.鈥�
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan, who has been waging behind-the-scenes campaign against restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research (The New York Times, 29 September)
鈥淭he books were cooked.鈥�
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Clive Hamilton of the Australia Institute on how the government can claim it is on track to meet greenhouse gas targets despite skyrocketing emissions (Australian Science, October edition)
鈥淧eople are very angry here. We fear these whales have fallen victim to naval sonar activity.鈥�
Marine biologist Erika Urquiola, after 15 beaked whales were found stranded in the Canary Islands during naval exercises organised by Spain (The Sunday Times, London, 29 September)
鈥�warp factor (in science fiction) the degree to which the velocity of a spaceship etc. exceeds that of light; usu. with numeral, as warp factor 8 etc.鈥�
One of the sci-fi phrases, including dilithium, klingon and tardis, that appear in the latest edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (published 26 September)
鈥淲ith housework, the more you do the more depression you report.鈥�
Nanette Mutrie of the University of Glasgow on the results of her study (The Daily Telegraph, London, 30 September)
鈥淚 am super angry. I am going to explode!鈥�
A translation offered by Bowlingual, a Japanese toy that 鈥渋nterprets鈥� dog sounds (AFP news, 27 September)