the way things i do not know -- it is hard to believe that in some , people would not have that higheronducation leads to science, which leads to innovation. that is a big picture thing, but somebody has to worry about the nation as a whole. places like m.i.t. and others are a fundamental part of that big picture. clearly our is responsibility to talk to them, to explain to them how important we are to the nation. tom: brokers have told us about kendall square. they say it might be the priciest real estate on the east coast per square foot. earlier this year, you bought a 14-acre parcel there for $750 million to do all kinds of things with it. mixed use, they call it. that money came from the endowment. is that an unconventional use of the money? president reif: this is an investment for the endowment, clearly, and i believe the investment will produce returns, believehe same time, i conventionally in the system. we need the ecosystem of the area to keep bringing the right , to give graduates places to go to start their businesses and hire people and so forth. we have to provide that typ