Professor Gates said the deal would help keep the Web site alive.

Professor Gates was delighted by what he called the freedom of the exchange.

"We're going to build our public policy thinking around him," Professor Gates said.

Professor Gates said he would not decide until the fall whether to leave Harvard.

Her friend, Professor Gates, said he was already planning ahead.

Still, Professor Gates left open the possibility that he might ultimately leave.

What will be next for Professor Gates and other megaminds?

Professor Gates throws some light on that much-belabored question, too.

Professor Gates asked whether that couldn't lead to a realignment of American politics, with a new center.

Professor Gates told the jury he considered the group to be literary geniuses.