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Summertime, and the livin' is... frantic! (The Last Laugh).
When we were shorter, summertime was the metaphor for fun. It brought visions of sun-filled, long, dreamy days filled with nothing but great things. There were hours and hours to do whatever we wanted: swim, play ball, climb trees, ride bikes.
We got to play with neighborhood children. Our time was our own, to be filled with whatever activities we chose... or no activity at all, just gazing at the sky, sleeping or daydreaming.
Today neither children or adults seem to be as free. Short people are as scheduled during the summer as they are during the school year, with sports, lessons, art projects, computers and other activities from dawn to dusk.
Women on campus overbooked too
Time has changed for women on campus as well. As schools offer more summer school courses and rent out facilities for institutes and camps, their downtime has vanished.
Most administrators work on a 12-month schedule. Even the 23 days of vacation built into a lot of academic calendars get parceled out: a week to visit aging parents, a week to paint the garage, a week to take a hurry-up family vacation, and the remaining few days left over to be hoarded for real emergencies during the year.
Today even faculty seem to be on a treadmill during what is supposed to be summer vacation time. Many have 12-month appointments, teaching summer school or engaging in the research that will gain them tenure or promotion or extra credit for bringing in grants.
- LEAD: Nov. new condo supply in Tokyo area plunges 43.6%.
- Newspaper article from: Japan Weekly Monitor December 16, 2007 700+ words
...the first time since 1991 that November new condo supply has dropped below 4,000 units...institute said in its monthly report. With new condo supply from January through November...condo prices, many are now limiting new condo supply to see how other companies will...
- LEAD: Sept. new condo supply in Tokyo down for 1st time in 2 months.
- Newspaper article from: Japan Weekly Monitor October 20, 2007 700+ words
...analysts said. Before August, when new condo supply increased in comparison to a sharp...first half of fiscal 2007 from April, new condo supply declined 12.1 percent from a...The institute projected October's new condo supply in the greater Tokyo area at around...
- LEAD: 2007 new condo supply in Tokyo area likely to hit 14-year low.
- Newspaper article from: Japan Weekly Monitor November 17, 2007 700+ words
...for the second consecutive month. The new condo supply from January to October totaled...The institute projects November's new condo supply in the greater Tokyo area at around...wards and outlying areas. By area, new condo supply in October went down 10.9 percent...
- (Update) Tokyo Area New Condo Supply Down 14.9 Pct in Nov.
- Newspaper article from: Jiji December 15, 2008 700+ words
...a private think tank said Monday. New condo supply in the area fell for the 15th...Institute. The latest result means the total new condo supply in the Tokyo metropolitan area...supply because consumers continue to shun new condo purchases, put off by relatively high...
- New condo offers in Tokyo rise 1% in Jan.-June.
- Newspaper article from: Japan Weekly Monitor July 19, 2004 700+ words
...price per square meter rising 7,000 yen to 548,000 yen. The new condo offers in the six-month period included 18,599 units in Tokyo...Kansai market witnessed an 11.5 percent year-on-year rise in new condo offers to 3,255 units.
- New condo supply down 17.2% in Tokyo area in January-June.
- Newspaper article from: Japan Weekly Monitor July 23, 2007 700+ words
...according to data released Tuesday by a Tokyo research institute. New condo supply plunged as much as 30 percent in Tokyo's 23 wards...even higher prices,'' an official at the institute said. New condo supply plunged 30.8 percent in the 23 wards of Tokyo and...
- Feb. new condo supply plunges 19.4% in greater Tokyo area.
- Newspaper article from: Japan Weekly Monitor March 19, 2007 700+ words
...615 from a year earlier but down 353 units from Jan. 31. New condo supply slumped 21.8 percent year on year in Tokyo's 23...and fell 17.7 percent in Chiba Prefecture. In contrast, new condo supply in the greater Osaka area jumped 21.9 percent on the...
- (Update) Tokyo Area New Condo Supply Falls for 21st Month.
- Newspaper article from: Jiji June 16, 2009 700+ words
...fall was led by discounts by developers. The slump of the new condo market appears to have hit bottom thanks to inventory shrinkage, the institute said. But a recovery of new condo supply will not start until the autumn, it said. Sales contracts...
- GREATER TOKYO'S NEW-CONDO SUPPLY TO DROP 2.3% THIS YEAR.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News January 17, 2003 700+ words
...according to the research institute. New-condo sales in greater Tokyo slipped 0...condos built on land that used to house the factories of companies that...may be mired in excess supply. New-condo sales in greater Osaka grew 6...
- New condo towers to change the look of Miami's downtown skyline.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 5, 2004 700+ words
...residential developer Jorge Perez has finalized plans to construct a 54-story condo in the heart of downtown Miami. Several new condo towers are planned or are being built in Miami's central business district, but Perez's new structure will be among the...
