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If you've ever wondered why most of the sporting public is blissfully unconcerned about the eighth World Cricket Cup tournament, which just began in Cape Town, dip into the rule book. Each match lasts up to seven hours, with each side at bat for three and a half. Even...
“I’m Richard Freeman. But so is my apparent doppelganger, an economics professor who is some kind of celebrity in his department. Since we have the same names, though, people send me e-mails all the time that are really intended for him. The first...
11:30 Check mail. AARP membership application, invite to free investment seminar. Still no new "Vanity Fair" issue. (Must be some mix-up!) New career idea: Bill Gates hires me, but what do I know about computers? So he fires me. I collect $300 million.
The whole mix-up was a very innocent mistake, Durkee said. He added that West has not yet told Princeton his decision.
Princeton officials maintained the press release was an accident—simply a mix-up involving a professor eager to welcome a renowned colleague whose enthusiastic praise leaked out by mistake.