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Notices slipped under the doors of Matthews suites will inform students of the combination, said Merle Bicknell of Yard Operations, and the combinations will be changed periodically during the semester...
...must it take so long? I would like to ask Professor Kilson to define "that mature stage" and to inform us how we will recognize it. Does he mean that I must accept atavistic guilt and do penance? Does he refer to a time when racism no longer exists in this country of 250 million and rising? "From where I sit," it appears that prejudice will not be eliminated until the Last Judgment. Or does Professor Kilson mean that the mature stage will be around the year 2070, when the last Civil Rights widow tells all--that is, when...
After forty-five minutes without food, we asked to speak to the manager to inform her of our situation. She told us that orders are handled in the order in which the kitchen receives them--although that did not explain why people who ordered after us were settling down to dessert. She did not apologize for the delay, and she delivered her remarks in a way which implied that somehow we were the party at fault...
Alas. I've checked the Linguistics section of Courses of Instruction, and found not one mention of academese, professor-speak or anything of the like. Among my most troubling questions: What does it mean to "inform the question"? I didn't know questions were the kinds of things that get informed. "Hey, there's an emergency, inform the doctor." "Quick, there's an answer, inform the question." That just doesn't seem right. Who decided that every concept, idea and notion was going to be either "somewhat intuitive" or "rather counter-intuitive?" As far as I can tell, these...
...regret to inform you that two of the sources you cited have actually won RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS. Despite their excellent qualifications, we are disappointed that you chose these sources for your article. Some of their peers would be a better fit for the Crimson's Senior Sob Stories...