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Three Refusals

Mr. Tullock was refused promotion
three times in a row, each
after a strong recommendation
by the economics department. As
a result, he resigned from the
University, and now teaches at
Rice University in Houston.

The text of the letter read as
follows:

"I, too, would be interested in
the details of the refusals of my
promotions during the three years
in which it was refused. I was
never given anything which
would be regarded as an explanation.
I cannot, in this case, say
that the University has trod on
my rights in refusing to give me
an explanation, since clearly they
do not have to.