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Scheduling an appointment these days with UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan often means calling his office weeks in advance to find an opening. Though he has cut the back-and-forth flights from Boston to Washington from his itinerary, Meehan finds himself no less busy, barely pausing for a second to learn the ropes of his new job. "I'm impatient by nature," Meehan said last week after fielding a phone call from a member of the Board of Trustees while most of his staff was attending a holiday party. "I like to get things done, and get them done as quickly as possible. That's the part of the job that can be sometimes frustrating."


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