Word: discussive
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...Spaniards - may have greeted the day as one of bright hope, as leaders of the Basque Socialist Party, the local branch of Spain's ruling Socialist Party, and Batasuna, an illegal party traditionally considered the political wing of the violent separatist group ETA, met at a local hotel to discuss a scenario for ending more than 30 years of conflict that had cost almost 1,000 lives. For most people in this resort town on the Bay of Biscay, these talks represent a breakthrough moment in modern Spanish history, which could mark the beginning of a long-awaited peace process...
...Engine? An ailing carmaker seeks change Auto-biz turnaround whiz Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and Nissan, visits Detroit this week to discuss an alliance with struggling General Motors, whose shareholders are agitating for reform--and a higher stock price...
...rainy Sunday afternoon in the 1960s, Berolzheimer sat with Levitt, who died last week at the age of 81, in front of the fireplace of his former professor and friend to discuss the direction he should take his family-owned California Cedar Products Company...
...admissions officer reads and comments on each application from their area, then passes it up to the chair of the subcommittee, a more senior officer who reads a wider range of applications. The chair returns the application for the regional officer to sort, and then the subcommittee meets to discuss which applicants to recommend to the full committee. Both readers score the applicant using a 1-to-6 scale on academics, extracurriculars, athletics, personal qualities, and an overall composite rating; the subcommittee and committee refer to these scores in their deliberations...
...standardized training across schools for admissions officers, Harvard has developed its own system. Training begins as soon as new officers are hired, Crnic says, when they are given a binder “with all of the information you could possibly want or ask,” and then discuss the process with current officers. New hires then read cases and review them with a more senior officer as well as participate in a mock subcommittee...