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All the alumni care about is the football team, right? Wrong, says President Bok, who ought to know--he's out wheedling them for $22 million to inch the five-year Harvard Campaign over its $350 million goal by December 31.

Harvard grads are "very loyal but also fairly critical," says Bok, and what they really care about are things like the shape of the Houses, the quality of undergraduate education, free speech, and financial aid, Says the president: "I've only gotten five letters about the football team in 13 years."

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