More Quotes
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Danny DePinte, a tree health specialist, regarding the large number of dead fir trees in Oregon’s woodlands. Preliminary numbers indicate that 1.1 million acres of fir trees showed some signs of dying, almost double the previous all-time high for the state. (NPR — Dec. 20, 2022)
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The White House and First Lady Jill Biden tweeted on Sunday, Dec. 18, accompanied by a video of the White House’s menorah being lit to honor the first day of Hanukkah. The president and first lady will add the menorah to the permanent White House collection, which will be the first time a Jewish artifact is added to the White House archives. (NPR — Dec. 19, 2022)
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Claremont McKenna College political scientist Jack Pitney, regarding San Bernardino County’s November vote to consider seceding from California and forming their own state. Though the consideration received a razor-thin majority, many are skeptical that secession from the state would actually be viable. The county’s 20,000 square miles is composed of more land than nine states. (Associated Press — Dec. 16, 2022)
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Dr. Erica Michiels, who directs pediatric emergency medicine at Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., regarding the growing wait in the ER as hospitals across the nation have been stretched beyond capacity by waves of RSV, a respiratory virus, and the flu. Typically the Devos Children’s ER sees about 140 kids a day, but recently in mid-December the visits have reached 253. (NPR — Dec. 15, 2022)
