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...installing a computer in every room and for setting up wi-fi Internet access throughout. There's even some family history behind the inn. It's actually a converted shophouse that was built on a plot granted to the Tulyanond's ancestors by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). The land has been in the family now for seven generations, and as you would expect, plenty of care has been lavished on the building that stands on it. Rooms are simply but stylishly appointed with teak furniture, while the odd family heirloom and pieces of pottery hand-painted by Nantiya lend...
...from flagging. Professors can be a reactionary bunch, and they need to be let down gently when they are told that the paper they planned on grading a week past the deadline will actually arrive a week past the deadline. First, get a feel for the lay of the land. If the syllabus and reminder e-mails explicitly affirm that no extensions will be granted, it’s a good idea not to push your luck. If late papers are threatened with penalties, but no precise grade deduction is described, a precisely worded e-mail should do the trick...
...Cambridge Common, leading the University to install emergency call phones to improve safety on the walk to the Quad. The Harvard-operated phones, marked by distinctive blue lights, can be used to directly summon police. Earlier requests for such phones had been denied because Harvard did not own the land. It took the series of assaults for Harvard to agree to the callboxes, which were installed in the fall of 2004 at a cost of $12,000 to the University...
Oftentimes the right is described as the right to use the land of another for a certain purpose...
...used aggressive real-estate tactics to make room for science labs and student dorms, displacing local residents in the process.Twenty-five years ago, the setting was different but the situation the same.Hoping to get a better return on its noneducational property holdings in Cambridge, and also acquire new land for academic purposes, the University professionalized its real estate management, often at the cost of Cambridge residents.In the late 1970s, Cambridge was cornered by conflicting housing and budgetary pressures.Like the rest of the country, it was recovering from the recession of the 1970s, and housing prices were just beginning their unabated...