Word: grouping
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...Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility—a 12-member group composed of faculty, students, and alumni—analyzes Harvard’s proxy issues and makes recommendations...
...world leaders continue to arrive and make their presence felt (or lack thereof), this final week of the summit has witnessed bizarre contradictions of rhetoric and procedural protocol. Perhaps most disappointing has been the action of ‘the Group of 77,’ a consortium of over 100 small or developing nations with a vast range of geopolitical backgrounds, as well as agendas for the conference. Where the nations seem to agree is on the added difficulty facing poorer or more developing countries that would bear the brunt of many of the measures to mitigate climate change...
Because each set of clips was created to favor one group or the other, there was only one right answer to the question. The students had a 50-50 chance of responding correctly - and that's exactly how well they did, no better than chance. In other words, the patterns of bias expressed in the characters' nonverbal behavior were not obvious to the viewers. "The effect [television has] on viewers might be something less than conscious," says Weisbuch...
...also a matter of pride. Columbia economics professor Sally Davidson is quoted in the article as saying, “In addition, Columbia’s peers—Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, MIT all have AAA ratings—does Columbia want to drop below this group? Probably...
...professed Serbian gunrunner Tomislav Damnjanovic and to three companies controlled by Bout, who has been dubbed the "Merchant of Death" by Russian media. Last year, Bout was arrested in Bangkok after allegedly offering to sell weapons to U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency officers posing as members of the Colombian rebel group FARC. While the U.S. seeks his extradition, Bout is being held at Klong Prem prison in Thailand, the same place where Petukhov and his crew are now jailed. (See the top 10 underreported stories...