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...large classes, come exam or paper time, many students rely on study guides that float around over e-mail. Others form their own study groups and assign one another small clusters of readings to summarize, so many students will only have touched a few sections in their individually-owned, mint condition, comprehensive class notes...
...disadvantage of depending on the library reserves, though, is that come exam or paper crunch time, you may find every single reserve book already checked out, or you may simply not have time to make the trek to the library. You might also like to mark your books, which isn’t allowed with the reserve copies...
...films were up. They showed what you would expect; a shin bone smashed to splinters. The formica top of the X-ray table had trauma debris all over it - bits of asphalt, dirt and, of course, blood, with scraps of that useless white roll paper they put on exam tables. I stabilized the leg while she slid him over. The door opened, the cops saw the situation and flooded in. They helped roll him back out - pretty quickly - and I was left alone for a moment in the X-ray room. A metal object glinted from under the table paper...
That was the Ivy League's X factor. It bred confidence. I remember taking an exam once next to the heir to a legendary fortune who kept peeking at my test sheet. I knew a few things that he didn't, it turned out. Me, the striving, uncertain country boy who had aced the SATs as though by accident, only to end up surrounded by aristocrats who stole my answers when they felt stumped...
...real point of difference, though, is the training given to the 50-strong staff. Covering 37 esoteric topics in over 530 hours of classroom and home study, and culminating in a 212-hour written paper and an oral exam in which the therapist must correctly diagnose a guest's ayurvedic mind and body type, the training is far more rigorous than the industry norm. Also unusual is the Peninsula Wellness program, designed to help guests maintain a healthy lifestyle in the hotel (with the aid of a "Guest Nutrition Consultant") and after their departure (via a take-home range...