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I meant the fecklessness of academics in the ideological
disciplines, like Sean Wilentz.<br>
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"This" is the article from the Chronicle about him.<br>
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Or maybe I was thinking about Jersey Shore. Or maybe it's the same
thing.<br>
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On 9/7/10 11:58 PM, John W. wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 5:29 PM, C. G.
Estabrook <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>></span>
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normal;"><span>Having kicked around departments of
history since the 1960s (admittedly, mine was
particularly crimped and spavined) I can testify that
the situation is just as bad as this implies:</span></h3>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://chronicle.com/article/Sean-Wilentz-Bringing-It-All/124221/"
target="_blank"><http://chronicle.com/article/Sean-Wilentz-Bringing-It-All/124221/></a>.</span></span></div>
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<div>Pardon? Stupid, benighted me again. What situation? What
does "this" imply?</div>
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