The “My Grandmother Is My Hero” essay makes an admissions officer want to admit the applicant’s grandmother. Same goes for the essay about the soccer coach. And Hermione had her moment.

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First devised by Zoltan Takats, a chemist and professor at Imperial College London, the technology consists of a needle-like ...

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Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

Twain returns to Calgary this week as both the Stampede Parade marshal on July 4 and headline act at the Saddledome the following night ...

The “My Grandmother Is My Hero” essay makes an admissions officer want to admit the applicant’s grandmother. Same goes for the essay about the soccer coach.