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Friday, February 09, 2007

Faustian

UD's old friend Jeff, who has taught at Penn for years, had wonderful things to say, over dinner at Garrett Park's Black Market restaurant the other night, about Drew Gilpin Faust, who's about to be named Harvard's next president.

If things go poorly with her presidency, brace for the overuse of the phrase "Faustian bargain."

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Yikes. Didn't think it'd happen this fast.