Over the years, he has sometimes earned enemies by expressing opinions that offend other scientists.
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"If this reached you and you don't give a hoot that I'm leaving, sorry, " he wrote, explaining that he didn't want to offend anyone by leaving them out.
Not so depositors, who see themselves paying the cost of bankers' mismanagement and the government's reluctance to offend political allies by closing some banks that are near to collapse.