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“We have taken all the perceived weaknesses of the Dalek and made them deadly.”

“Doctor Who” special effects artist Mike Tucker, on making the robotic villains marginally less risible, BBC News, 24 April 2005

“This is dietary advice for people who have computers. And that is the segment of the population that probably needs it least.”

Nutrition expert Marion Nestle, on the government’s new online-only food pyramid, Salon.com, 21 April 2005

“We thought, ‘The Search for the Holy Grail,’ and search is a big interest for Yahoo.”

Yahoo executive Murray Gaylord, on promoting the website through Broadway’s new Monty Python musical, The New York Times, 22 April 2005

“We would love to grow a lot of our Windows sales.”

Sun executive John Fowler, showing the effects of a recent reprogramming session in Redmond, CRN, 21 April 2005

“It’s possibly a cynical cop-out by the moneyed interests at newspapers to point fingers at Craigslist.”

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster, declining responsibility for declining revenues at newspapers, 19 April 2005