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...There is a “Do you have any spare change?” followed by an “I’m sorry, brother, I don’t have any change on me.” And it usually ends with a “Thank you anyway, have a nice day.” I end by saying, “You, too.” No matter how informal or repeated the conversation may be, I always walk away feeling a little...
Justin A. Rice ’99 and Christian T. Rudder ’97 of indie rock band Bishop Allen may one day thank Middle-English literature for making them rock stars. Bishop Allen, so-named for the street in Central Square where Rice and Rudder first lived and recorded together, would never have been were it not for the pesky concentration requirement that led to their first encounter.“We were in English 10a together,” says Rudder of his first conversation with Rice. “He was in my section...
...thought it would be a great idea to have a dinner incorporating lessons about etiquette,” Cheuk said. Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Eileen C. Chow advised students on how to be polite when interacting with business professionals. “Please and thank you work very differently in China,” she said. “In cases in English when you would say thank you, you would instead be saying ‘you shouldn’t have,’ or ‘sorry...
...police and U.S. soldiers. Moving around the area requires learning a peculiar patois. Upon arriving at a routine checkpoint, you are typically greeted with a succession of questions and demands, issued in Georgian ("gamarjoba," or hello), Spanish ("amigo"), English ("badge"), Arabic ("silah," or weapon) and Iraqi slang ("mamnoon," or thank you). During the course of a recent day of meetings in the Green Zone, I was sniffed by dogs six times, sent my bags through four metal detectors, was photographed once by a body scanner that can see through my clothes and was patted down too many times to count...
...Taming Terrorism's Reign Thank you for the unbiased, informative article summarizing the civil conflict in Sri Lanka [April 16]. I am well-versed in the struggle between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L.T.T.E.). Although I have spent virtually my whole life in the U.S., I am of Sri Lankan-Tamil origin and have long been dismayed by the American stereotype of Tamil Tigers as terrorists as well as other misunderstandings. There are extremely sad events occurring on both sides of the war, and I thank you for bringing this to light...