That's when Harlan Krumholz of Yale University took the stage, raising the possibility that Zetia might be "an expensive placebo" or even harmful.

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Will Portman told his father and mother he is gay two years ago, when he was a freshman at Yale University.

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Similarly, John Schlifske, president of insurance company Northwestern Mutual, was discouraged as a teenager when he received a rejection letter from Yale University.

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Yet when it comes to the top earners from each school, Yale University grads just nipped out those from Dartmouth.

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