<p>"The Class of 2009 was selected from a record applicant pool of 22,796. It is quite possible that for the second time in Harvard's history, there will be more women than men in the entering class. At this time, women outnumber men - 814 to 813. The yield for women is 79.3 percent; for men, it is 77.8 percent." - Harvard Gazette, May 12, 2005.</p>
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<p>I applaud Summers for his bluntness, and his aggressive approach. The place was adrift after 10 flaccid years under his bovine predecessor, as the lunatics started to act as if the asylum belonged to them. Putting the faculty barons in their place is a task that has needed doing for some time.</p>
<p>And alumni giving is holding up very well, thank you. In any popularity contest between Larry Summers and his agenda vs the Faculty barons trying to throw roadblocks in his way, Summers wins hands down with the alumni. </p>
<p>Sorry to disappoint you, "Dad"!!</p>