Word: crammed
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...partial to a drop of tea but fed up with the raucous atmosphere and chain-smoking laobaixing (the colloquial Chinese expression for the man in the street) that cram Shanghai's regular cafés, then check out the sedate and sequestered atmosphere of the Guyuan Antique Teahouse, tel: (86-21) 6445 4625. Inspired by Ming-dynasty architecture, the city's finest tea parlor is a classy joint where executives come to impress clients and contacts with China's most exclusive brews. Its imposing wooden gateway (200 years old and transported to Shanghai from culturally rich Shanxi province...
...sciences, life sciences and physical sciences. Exemplary of the overarching goal to increase student choice, this move allows students to gain exposure to different subject areas by taking classes in the actual departments they are interested in—as opposed to the Core’s tendency to cram students into the least undesirable option from a limited list of mediocre courses. Meanwhile, the creation of Harvard College Courses demonstrates the College’s commitment to broad-based liberal arts education and provides students with even more options for satisfying requirements. The courses are designed to promote...
With exams behind them, Northeastern’s rowers had an entire week to do nothing but cram for one last test...
...stay much more on top of their reading during the fall than they do now, to take their exams, and have a real winter break,” Harris said. “The way we do things now...leads students to put off much of their work [and] cram before exams, which we know leads to lower retention rates...
...below—can sometimes feel like living in a library. Obviously the expectations aren’t even in the same ballpark, which is probably why it’s thought to be obnoxious when bass actually breaks through walls in the first place, upsetting naps and cram sessions and quiet evenings on the futon and what have...