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When I sectioned for my Foreign Cultures course a little over a month ago, the Registrar sectioning website did not simply have me jot down my name, and then respond two days later offering me a section time that was good for them and just so happened to coincide with my 10 a.m. Spanish class. No, it allowed me to pick my top five time choices and then did the best it could to respect my preferences while fairly respecting those of my classmates as well...
...Jot down the Actress nominees. Julia Roberts (Only two things in Hollywood are certain: One is that Roberts will win for her role in "Erin Brockovich," the other is that Calista Flockhart will never eat her young), Laura Linney ("lovely, leggy Laura Linney" as she's known among heterosexual males who work in the New York theater, where she got her start), Ellen Burstyn (brilliant performance as a drug addict in "Requiem For a Dream"; wonder if Robert Downey Jr. will be at the Oscars), Juliette Binoche, Joan Allen (want to go back to sleep but can't; confused...
...fabulously handy as a sort of pop-culture visual aid to a Gov jock like myself in Government 1540 lecture. When I.B.M. Professor of Business and Government Roger B. Porter explained the difference between the communications director and the press secretary this past Tuesday, all I had to do jot down "think: Toby...
...Contract Management Office of the Census Bureau (she must have foldout business cards), used three separate, entirely unscientific sample groups in arriving at the estimate. First, she asked a group of colleagues with a wide range of educational backgrounds and household sizes to take the new forms home and jot down how long it took to complete them. Next, she asked friends and neighbors to do the same. Finally, Kelly and her staff watched videotapes of focus groups filling out forms, and then timed how long it took for the participants to finish. Kelly compared the results from the three...
...Harry Potter books corresponded briefly with a bad patch in her personal life. She was newly divorced, temporarily out of work, on the dole and living in an unheated Edinburgh flat. To keep them both warm, she would wheel her young daughter into a cafe and sometimes jot down Harry Potter ideas on napkins...