and led Harvard to commit $50 million to the recruitment and hiring of women faculty

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adding that he "would like nothing better than to be proved wrong". The controversy generated a great deal of media attention, forced Summers to make a number of apologies, and led Harvard to commit $50 million to the recruitment and hiring of women faculty.^[29]

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Wow, that's awful! Summers' talk worked; not only provoked thought, but got $50 million for the cause.