A. Well, I don't think it will. There's going to be a discussion by the faculty of that issue which is already scheduled, and my expectation is that the discussion will take place.

Q. Did the president have any history of illness?

A. I don't know.

Q. Has HIV been ruled out as a cause of this?

A. I think "of unknown origins" means of unknown origins. I think if they knew what it was, I believe they would say what it was.

'Of unknown origins' is to be taken literally. It was not a casually selected term....

Q. Do you know if the president ever suffered from a similar medical condition?

A. I don't know.

Q. Could give us some idea of how many hours a week he worked? Was he traveling all the time

A. I don't think one can simply attribute things like that to how many hours does it take. It's the intensity with which you work as well as the number of hours, and of course, I only see him during the working day, and most of us when we go home at night bring some work with us, and so I can't give you a complete picture because I don't think you can judge it by just seeing what somebody does in the working day. I can tell you it's quite scheduled.

Q. Has the President canceled his planned trip to Latin America?

A. I don't think any action like that has been taken yet.

Q. Is the Harvard presidency a job too big for an individual?

A. No, no. I think it's a matter of the intensity with which he worked and the challenges he faced more than the job being too hard for any individual. But it's a hard job, and why don't you ask me in a couple weeks.

Q. How would you characterize the intensity you've been talking about?