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$\"\"$ Menachem Wecker has written an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em>\u2018s \u201cVitae\u201d online career hub<\/a>, on when to decide to leave a job, drop a book project, or otherwise cut one\u2019s losses and move on. Click through<\/a> to read it. I get quoted in it!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"