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The President of Stanford has many metaphorical fish to fry in Palo Alto, CA. He was asked an inappropriate, hence stupid, question, so he responded with a stupid answer.<div><br> – Mike Alexander<br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(132, 115, 255); padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">On Friday, December 6, 2024, 4:52 PM, Robert Primak via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv5972769733"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" class="yiv5972769733ydp195bd427yahoo-style-wrap"><div style="font-size:13px;"></div>
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On Friday, December 6, 2024 at 03:48:54 PM EST, Ken Pogran via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:
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On a lighter note: A friend of mine out in Sunnyvale, CA, who did his
graduate work at
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The <span style="font-style:italic;">Stanford Review</span>
editor-in-chief conducted a <a shape="rect" href="https://stanfordreview.org/levin-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">interview</a> with
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university's new president, Jonathan Levin. Towards the end of the
extensive,
wide-ranging Q&A came the
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question. There are too many important problems to give you a single
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<span style="font-style:italic;">Gotcha!</span><br clear="none">
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