Word: formalization
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...science project showed that the agency had lost touch with the needs of residents. “It wasn’t a hearing. It was like a kangaroo court. It was something out of a banana republic,” Glennon said. “It was this formality that they went through to satisfy the rules and regulations.” It is precisely those rules and regulations that will inhibit the ability of Tuesday’s winner to act. City politicians have no formal role in the planning negotiations, which are limited to the property holders...
...announcement marked the formal beginning of Faust’s campaign to better integrate the arts at Harvard, a piece of her presidential agenda that has earned more attention than many of her other stated priorities...
While a degree of secrecy is necessary for certain upper-level appointments, allowing more community members a meaningful say would greatly enhance discussion on the issues when selecting a new House master, dean, University librarian, or University president. Searches should be made either formally through a more public process, or participants in a community looking for a new leader should be more informally involved. This could entail students interviewing candidates for the dean of the College position or actually creating a formal committee to make a recommendation...
...basic solution is honesty, mutual understanding, and respect for one another. In this way, we can resolve the issues we all face and hope to amend. This type of relationship should go beyond any formal process, and must come as a commitment from every involved party. During my time here, I would hope to be part of such commitment...
...group voted to launch a formal study of Shady Hill Square, stalling the construction of a mansion on the land for at least a year...