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Thanks, Bob, but let me be clear that I myself remain less than convinced that even now it's time to hoist the flag.

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BobK (Wednesday, May 17): My thought is if we don't hear news by 5pm tomorrow, we won't.

Bob K (Friday, May 19): My deadline was last night. Based on two things: it's more than enough time. See Eric's post on Dawkins.

That said how much time is needed?

Been racking my brain, Bob, trying to conjure up yet another straw to grasp at. How about this:

The spirit is somewhat buoyed in this instance by the reminder that, as "outsiders," we are very much in the dark about what's happening on the "inside." It's no sure thing that the case of Dawkins' dismissal (with firing and hiring separated by a fairly significant amount of time) necessarily would serve as a model for how the firing and hiring process would play out, timing-wise, on the occasion of Hanson's dismissal. We cannot be certain that a reason of some sort for delaying The Announcement (for example, suppose Hanson was privately informed of her impending dismissal at which time she requested that she be extended the courtesy of being afforded the opportunity (up to the point of the announcement of the hiring of her successor) to interview elsewhere without having had the words "Official Stanford Reject" stamped on her forehead) -- one that perhaps at this very time is being respected by mutual agreement of the "inside" parties -- does not exist.

The answer to your question: We do not know.

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Thanks, Bob, but let me be clear that I myself remain less than convinced that even now it's time to hoist the flag.

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BobK (Wednesday, May 17): My thought is if we don't hear news by 5pm tomorrow, we won't.

Bob K (Friday, May 19): My deadline was last night. Based on two things: it's more than enough time. See Eric's post on Dawkins.

That said how much time is needed?

Been racking my brain, Bob, trying to conjure up yet another straw to grasp at. How about this:

The spirit is somewhat buoyed in this instance by the reminder that, as "outsiders," we are very much in the dark about what's happening on the "inside." It's no sure thing that the case of Dawkins' dismissal (with firing and hiring separated by a fairly significant amount of time) necessarily would serve as a model for how the firing and hiring process would play out, timing-wise, on the occasion of Hanson's dismissal. We cannot be certain that a reason of some sort for delaying The Announcement (for example, suppose Hanson was privately informed of her impending dismissal at which time she requested that she be extended the courtesy of being afforded the opportunity (up to the point of the announcement of the hiring of her successor) to interview elsewhere without having had the words "Official Stanford Reject" stamped on her forehead) -- one that perhaps at this very time is being respected by mutual agreement of the "inside" parties -- does not exist.

The answer to your question: We do not know.