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...pull all-nighters to get their stories out. It's not admirable that the stories somehow get compromised by the reporter's disorganization and hasty, lat-minute work habits. (I set aside the fact that the rush may be intellectually convenient.) Gordon Harvey Senior Preceptor in Expository Writing Allston Burr Senior Tutor in Leverett House
...hold the top position, Trotman is better suited and % more polished these days. But he still likes the rough-and-tumble of an honest working-class spat, almost fondly recalling the good brawls in Britain. "The manufacturing guys were terrifying people," he says with a trace of a burr. "They were barons who would throw you out of the plant if you went in there without permission. Literally. So there was always a culmination of salesmanship, pragmatism, persuasion and logic -- but lots of punch-ups, lots of tempers. Oh, yes, absolutely. Lots...
...class once and for all, but was told to come back the next day. When she was finally able to get the slip she discovered it had to be signed by both her concentration tutor, who didn't have an opening until the next Tuesday and her Allston Burr senior tutor, who happened to be away for the weekend...
...analysts expect that at least a third of the upstarts will be able to stay aloft, thanks in large part to more protective regulators and trails blazed by their predecessors. "These new start-ups are a lot smarter and wiser because they've learned from our mistakes," says Donald Burr, founder of People Express, who is considering making a comeback...
...most important lessons, says Burr, is to avoid suicidal head-to- head confrontations with the big carriers. Still, collisions seem inevitable. "As much as we would like to dismiss these pesky little rascals," says John Pope, president of United Airlines, "we realize that they are a phenomenon that will not go away...