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February 17, 2000 QUOTED RECENTLY “Being a dean is like herding a group of cats.” — Stephen J. Kobrin, William H. Wurster Professor of Multinational Management, on the challenges of leading an academic faculty (The Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 9)