1. Write a memo to your boss saying that you will be out of town two days next week and three days the following week for one of the following reasons: (a) to inspect some land your firm is thinking of buying, (b) to investigate some claims, (c) to look at some new office space for a branch your firm is thinking of opening in a city five hundred miles away, (d) to attend a conference spon- sored by a professional society, or (e) to pay calls on customers. In your memo, be specific about dates, places, times, and reasons.