Noted & quoted.

• Position: SOUNDBITES

'This is certainty the first case of drilling a person's teeth.'

--Lead author of a study that has found the earliest known evidence of dental work, in a neolithic graveyard in Pakistan: nine skulls with 11 drilled molars dating back 9,000 years. [The New York Times, April 7]

'The 20th century was the century of General Motors and America. The 21st century is going to be the century of Toyota and Asia.'

--An expert in labor taw on the precarious state of the American auto industry. [The New York Times, April 1]

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