Word: requesters
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...gaggle of English prisoners, guns and a boatload of corn--but the white men kept the girl just upriver from Jamestown. There the planter John Rolfe, a prosperous widower, soon found himself battling an attraction he deemed alternately sinful and sublime. In what must be the most peculiar betrothal request in American history, Rolfe wrote to Virginia Governor Thomas Dale, first apologizing for being in love with the daughter of the native chief, then begging for permission to marry her. Theirs was the first recorded marriage of an Englishman and a Native American woman, and it ushered in a period...
...boards could serve to ratify a change in the calendar this year, even if the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences (FAS) does not have time to address the issue in its two remaining meetings because of its focus on completing the general education reforms. In defense of his request yesterday, Petersen referenced the University-wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities, a resolution passed by the Corporation and the 30-member Board of Overseers in 1970. The document stipulates that “it is the responsibility of officers of administration and instruction to be alert to the needs...
...recent years, such as young couples who want to celebrate the birth of a child." In what is fast becoming another Beijing tradition, Liang's shop will soon be cleared to make way for a new development. But after that happens, he will remain available to make tigers on request. Just give him a call at (86-136) 8351 4421-but make sure you ask a Mandarin-speaking friend to help you translate...
Last week I checked my medicine cabinet and realized that my birth control (from a year-long prescription) would be gone in two days. There was only one dreadful solution: a trip to UHS.When I arrived things started off well, but somehow the nurse practitioner became confused about my request for birth control and actually thought I was pregnant. After three minutes of learning about my options as a pregnant woman in college, I had endured enough. “NO, I’M NOT PREGNANT, BUT I WILL BE IF YOU DON’T GIVE...
...It’s ironic that Mather’s request was turned down at this time of year, as the UC’s Finance Committee is midway through its annual death-spiral into insolvency. After a year of giving out buckets of cash to student groups—which frequently pack the UC’s meetings with desolate-looking, begging-and-pleading volunteer tutors when their grant applications are up for discussion—the cupboard is finally bare. Mather’s HoCo has no change to spare, either. After a year of happy hours...