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...three-to-one margin, undergraduates do not think that Lawrence H. Summers should resign his post as University president, according to a poll conducted by The Crimson this weekend...

Author: By Javier C. Hernandez and Daniel J. T. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Poll: Students Say Summers Should Stay | 2/20/2006 | See Source »

Think University President Lawrence H. Summers is going to resign...

Author: By Evan H. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Website Allows Gamblers To Place Bets On President’s Future | 2/17/2006 | See Source »

When this article went to press, the market was predicting a 70 percent chance that Summers would in fact resign...

Author: By Evan H. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Website Allows Gamblers To Place Bets On President’s Future | 2/17/2006 | See Source »

Users can bet that Summers is going to resign by buying a contract for $7, which was the going price when this article went to press, or that he isn’t going to resign by selling a contract. In a process called “selling short,” one can sell without already owning a contract...

Author: By Evan H. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Website Allows Gamblers To Place Bets On President’s Future | 2/17/2006 | See Source »

...Summers resigns, everyone who has bought a contract wins $10. If Summers doesn’t resign, everyone who bought a contract instead pays the seller the difference between the contract price...

Author: By Evan H. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Website Allows Gamblers To Place Bets On President’s Future | 2/17/2006 | See Source »

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