For example, an MIT professor found it to be a useful tool for using peer pressure to help students agree on dates for exams and deadlines for projects.

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Specifics: Plans should include dates, deadlines and who does what.

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Dates on disability applications can be crucial to meeting deadlines and determining fees.

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Around eight in 10 did not know the last posting dates for Christmas, including the final day for standard packages of 14 December, and the deadlines for sending overseas of between 5 December and 12 December.

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