Word: formality
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...rule and by tradition, the President chairs formal meetings of the Faculty. However, the President has asked that the Dean chair the docketed items of Faculty business and policy,” Kirby wrote in an e-mail yesterday...
...moment of candid honesty from this otherwise shift-the-blame administration; but though it took far too long—and though the president’s subsequent Thursday public address conspicuously lacked this air of government humility—we are glad that the Bush finally made this formal recognition...
This was the first formal visit of a head of state to one of the Harvard Houses, according to Kirkland Scholar in Residence Peter Emerson, the organizer of the “Conversations with Kirkland” speaker series...
...subtribes of the enormous Dulaimi clan, located in al-Anbar province, the heart of the Sunni triangle. The tribes "had agreed to disarm and keep us informed of traffic going through their territories," says a former Army intelligence officer. "All it would have required from the CPA was formal recognition that the tribes existed--and $3 million." The money would go toward establishing tribal security forces. "It was a foot in the door, but we couldn't get the CPA to move." Bremer's spokesman Senor says a significant effort was made to reach out to the tribes. But several...
...Back in law school, people always said he was a formal guy,” he says. “There is still the formality—he’s a gentleman’s gentleman and traditional. But he’s more politically adept.” Scherer says this latter quality has become apparent in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings this week...