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...More checks and balances. Our budget is going to be under the scrutiny of the parliament, but also an independent body. More meritocracy in the public service. We now have a system where people will be chosen only on a meritocratic basis, not a clientelistic basis. This is slowly changing things...
...single motherhood--that fans pepper her with questions about him at readings "until I'm like, 'Enough about Sam,'" she jokes. As insatiable as the interest is, she is protective of his life. "People feel like they know me and Sam," she says, but "they know what I have chosen to share with them...
...Harvard researchers had discovered black silicon by accident while Mazur was researching the properties of platinum and semi-conductors. Mazur had arbitrarily chosen silicon to study—a random vial of sulfur later, black silicon was born...
...high probability of rejection these days, we often need to apply for multiple types of jobs, some of which we may be more qualified for than others. Of course, there are people out there who look so good on their applications, who are so incredibly qualified in their chosen fields, that they will never be rejected. But this is not the majority of us. A senior friend of mine has thus far submitted 42 (yes, 42) job applications, and has heard back from “not enough of them.” I myself, after applying for 12 summer...
Current Law School Dean Martha L. Minow has also been raised as a possible candidate, according to Bloomberg. But Tushnet said he thinks it is “unlikely” that Minow would be chosen because Kagan has had “some bathing in high-level practice” that would make her a more likely contender...