This week, Mr. Valdiserri said he remembered meeting the men and guffawed about what they had done.

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Mr. Soles guffawed. (He does that a lot.) "I didn't think any of us would survive, " he replied.

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For his part, George says he guffawed when he walked into the museum.

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Critics guffawed, but Barr says the study helped the organization focus on the mission of discovering new talent and promoting it to a broader circle of readers.

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