Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Mitchell says, "Last semester, I had to rush out of Shakespeare to take a biology exam, which was the hour afterwards, but although the biology professor wouldn't allow me to take the exam ten minutes late, the Shakespeare head TF allowed me to start the exam 10 minutes early so I could get to the biology exam on time...
...angels holding the Superscription and the Scourge, which the artist modified to study the fall of drapery. A generous furling of the angel's robe over her left leg adds a touch of breathtaking reality to the sculpture, making it seem as though the seraph was caught in a rush of hallowed breath. The angels' expressions of mute adoration and longing, suffusing their day faces with the worship of the divine, are even more striking than the extraordinary fluidity of their raiment...
Admittedly, Dartboard was running late. But if the doors had been open, we would have been sitting in our favorite row in Emerson 210 on time. With the doors locked, Dartboard was left banging on glass, unheard and unaided. We then had to rush around to the side door and dash up the stairs, only to arrive into the distinctive midterm silence of pen on paper. And we apologize--after our minor ordeal, Dartboard had to trample over two poor souls in order to get to the room's one remaining seat. Next time we'll be hours early...
...rush to get to a job interview in Boston, and didn't realize until the shuttle reached the Square that I had left my wallet at home. My ID card, my key, and most importantly--cash and my ATM card--were still at home. If I returned to the Quad, I would be extremely late for the interview, but I couldn't get to the interview because I didn't even have money...
...been almost six months since an MIT first-year died after entering a coma with a blood alcohol level of .41. In the weeks after the tragedy, college, police and government officials seemed to be tripping over each other in their rush to denounce the use and abuse of alcohol. The UMass schools moved to ban it. Deans Archie C. Epps III and Harry R. Lewis '68 released a statement about it. And two poor Harvard first-years were arrested for buying it. But sources of power and authority in the lives of Harvard students have, thankfully, been relatively quiet...