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Winklevoss Twins Respond to Harvard President Larry Summers

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Former Harvard President said twins dressed like a—holes.

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The Winklevoss twins really aren't helping their case. After former Harvard President Larry Summers said his impression of the twins, who complained to him that Mark Zuckerberg had stolen their idea, was that they were "assholes," the twins promptly complained to the current Harvard president, Drew Faust. In their letter, the twins ask Faust to address Summers' derogatory language, calling his remarks an “unprecedented betrayal.” The twins go on to say that Summers displayed “scorn for a genuine discourse on deeper ethical questions” and that he failed to shake their hands.

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