Word: sleeps
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...wanted to remove that larger-than-life qualify to that one essay and take away a bit of the high-stakes nature of that one piece.” This is a worthy intention, but unfortunately, the move will be counterproductive. Students will now lose sleep over how to express themselves in three 200-word segments—in addition to fretting over crafting the perfect 500-word statement still required of other schools. College consultants who used to help write 500 word personal statements will not disappear either, but rather quickly shift their assistance to the short essays...
...reasons are to boost their self-esteem or sexual esteem, to get revenge, to secure "mate insurance" in case a partner dumps them, to relieve pain, to achieve health benefits such as getting rid of a headache - yes, it works - to decrease stress, to lose weight and as a sleep aid. We devote one chapter to "sexual economics," which focuses on all the ways in which women have sex as an exchange for other benefits, such as getting her partner to take out the garbage, securing free dinners or getting expensive gifts. We also devote one chapter to what...
Flyby’s reason to drop: Sure it got rave Q reviews, it might even be “the closest to an ‘intellectual journey’ that one may find” at Harvard (Q-response), but if given the choice between sleep and another Kloppenberg reading, you choose sleep, then give this course the boot...
...engage in sexual activity while your roommate is present in the room. Any sexual activity within your assigned room should not ever deprive your roommate(s) of privacy, study, or sleep time...
...lakes - which earned Udaipur the nickname the "Venice of the East" - have been a major tourist magnet in the past few years, and building places for tourists to sleep has accelerated the problem. With the Oberoi Udaivilas luxury hotel opening in 2000 and the Leela Palace, which opened in April, both just a few feet from the lake, the doors have opened for other shoreline hotel and residential development. "The big guys essentially bought their way past standing lakeshore-encroachment laws," says Razdan. "That created a domino effect. Smaller entrepreneurs with money muscle and political connections asked...