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...sure these circumstances are purely academic, like an influx of papers or tests.Then respectfully request an extension of a day or two. Make the time period as vague as possible to give yourself some leeway; the last thing you want is to be facing another strict deadline. Craft the tone so that it’s not overly apologetic, but simply regretful. Most importantly, close with a line asking what the penalty will be if an extension cannot be granted. Showing your teaching fellow the inevitability of the paper’s tardiness, and your willingness to pay the price...
...less likely to accept the parietal rules, according to Morton Keller, co-author of “Making Harvard Modern: The Rise of America’s University.” But the matriculation of the Class of 1956 saw a more compliant student body. “The tone of the school was not as frivolous as it had been before the war,” says Keller. And because admissions had become significantly more competitive in the 1950s, undergraduates were more taken with books than with women, Keller adds.“We were a pretty serious group...
...Miriam Katin recalls the author's early childhood living secretly as a Jew in Nazi-occupied Hungary. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, by Alison Bechdel takes place in suburban Pennsylvania, where the author's father led a secret double life. Though wildly divergent in setting, tone and approach, both books share a compelling interest in the consequences of a stressful childhood...
...used to call her all the time and say, 'Mom, I love you,'" SaBreena recalls. She drew even closer to her parents after she married and became a mother. "I get another shot at SaBreena through her daughter," says Tina. "I can establish a relationship with her on another tone...
...role as a calming force, saying the pair’s exalted status will unite a divided Faculty and University around common goals.“The most important thing they’ll do is the restoration of institutional self-confidence and a sense of a general tone,” said Gomes. “They’ll deal with obvious fires, the obvious difficulties along the way, but nothing long-term.”Still, other professors believe the two leaders will concentrate on carrying through unrealized aspects of Summers’ vision, including curriculum reform...