Word: unread
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...personal life, I do a lot multitasking. Unlike most folks, however, I've researched the subject, having now written two big articles on multitasking, including this week's cover story. That doesn't exactly make me an expert (heck, no, for at this very moment there are 147 unread e-mails in my inbox). But I'm probably more conscious than most people about the pluses and minuses, the limits and excesses of trying to do too many things at once. And I'm happy to share a few tips that I know I should be applying more assiduously myself...
...borrow her stuff from now on, too, so as to not put her on the defensive and to illustrate that these are equally beneficial, and not just your dictates. Regarding the missing money, be completely sure that it is missing and not just under that pile of clothes or unread syllabi or cold pack from UHS or newspaper clippings from home about your father’s band, “Mid-Life Crisis.” Underneath the clutter lies some type of flooring and potentially your lost money. Money is an extremely touchy subject and accusing someone...
...professors manage to get out key dates, persons, places, and reasons why in lectures that often garner applause. While lectures are devoted to outlining a skeleton of Western history, sections are devoted to primary sources that, sadly, often go unread...
Every week, mailboxes across Harvard fill with shame. It is a shame that comes with a glossy cover—a shame that goes unread night after night because there is too much homework to do. The shame piles up by the side of the bed, staring us in the face every time we accidentally wake up in the morning. The shame’s name is The New Yorker; the shame is a reminder of our intellectual impotence and poor time-management skills. The cartoons are the only thing we read; we do it even though it makes...
...editor, couldn’t be happier with the boost in distribution. Her circulation increases as a result, and at least in theory, people who have traditionally ignored the paper are starting to read it. It’s unclear whether that has actually happened—stacks of unread Chronicles abound—but that might change as students get used to seeing it. While it’s hard to imagine many Harvard students will want to read about community issues like parking, senior services, and education, Eisner says she thinks the paper does offer...