Quotes for June 15

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“A strong stench of dead bodies was in the air.”

“A strong stench of dead bodies was in the air.”

— Sausan Ghosheh, spokeswoman for U.N. observers, who saw smoldering buildings, looted shops and smashed cars when they entered the nearly deserted Syrian town of Haffa.

“We have one federal Food and Drug Administration that determines what products are legal or not legal, or safe for consumption. … We cannot have 30,000 or so localities around the country being their own FDAs.”

— Rob Bookman, an attorney who has represented the New York Restaurant Association, talking about a proposed ban on large sodas in New York.