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...teeth to demand a coat and a scarf. The snow has abandoned its campaign to conquer the world and appears content to defend its strongholds away from the sidewalks and roads where the green happy grass also begins to shake off its winter layers. People seem to be more pleasant around March 1st. I think this is because somehow they sense that the equinox is approaching, and soon the darkness of winter will be eaten away by more and more light each day. This idea excites us enough that we eventually push our clocks ahead and lose an hour...
...Hellman ’08 of writing workshops. According to Hellman, creative writing workshops differ greatly from other courses because of the stressful peer review process. In most workshops, participants critique one student’s work as the author remains silent. The experience isn’t usually pleasant. Hellman recalls an incident in a screen-writing course when she presented an autobiographical piece about a traumatic experience as if it were fiction. “I wanted to get honest feedback,” she says. As a result, her peers extensively criticized the main character, not knowing...
Kirkland’s pleasant demeanor, however, may have ultimately led to his downfall. According to Gomes, Kirkland lost disciplinary control because he was “so nice.” In 1823, student riots and fights broke out over who was to give the commencement address. In a not-so-nice move, he expelled half of the senior class...
...think she grew up understanding what the virtues were of making people feel comfortable and creating a pleasant atmosphere for a discussion,” Hunt said...
...meal at one of New Delhi's toniest restaurants last week the bill came accompanied by a feedback form - rate the "ambience and d?cor," the "value of meal" - that the waiter urged me to fill out, sounding an off note at the end of a pleasant evening. And what to make of the little card asking me to "Tell Us What You Think" that dropped out of a free 2007 calendar that I received at my office a couple weeks ago. Should I complete the form now, or in a year...