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...South Korea will finally have some purpose!). Now you think your calling is to devote yourself to studying East Asia. Ni-hao and Konnichiwa. Take a seat next to the idiot who’s here because he enjoys watching Sailor Moon and wants to write his thesis on why possessing a tamagotchi and liking szechuan chicken gives him the right to stake his claim as an EAS scholar. Lucky for you, despite the bevy of unavoidable but surmountable requirements, the East Asian Studies department is a pretty kick-ass place to spend three years if you are genuinely interested...
...Unfortunately, Wood spends almost a month on “Atonement” by Ian McEwan, which is taught in at least three English department courses. But for your two short papers—a grand total of about eight double-spaced pages—you could easily write on something else...
...delivering a keynote speech to an e-commerce conference on the 106th floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower. “We don’t care for large public settings too much,” said Rekha. “I write a little service for ourselves with the kids.” Rekha and her husband first met as undergraduates. “My husband and I met at Harvard and fell in love at Harvard,” she said. “Harvard has been very much part of our lives...
...Nonetheless, a little perspective is overdue. Authors Gard and Wright observe that despite the insistence of many scientists that overweight and obesity are diseases, other people can see that it's quite possible to be healthy, happy and large. "Perhaps," they write, "even without the benefit of a scientific education, people sense that the pathways that lead from overweight and obesity to premature death are extremely indirect ... that food should be enjoyed, not agonized over. Perhaps they see that, given the health challenges that currently face different parts of the world, describing entire Western populations as sick seems...
...sent Jamie some pictures and talked up my brand to her, which I described as being a perfect blank slate?one that had been building equity not only because I write about myself ad nauseam but also because I talk about myself ad nauseam to my friends and family...