Word: hoc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Everything was going well for Kearns; after she received departmental approval, an ad hoc committee under Rosovsky studied the recommendation and, according to two reports, reacted favorably. But just as what Mansfield called "the highest prize in a man's life" was within her grasp, Kearns became involved in legal and romantic affairs that have seriously hurt her reputation here and sidetracked her appointment...
...dean of the Faculty, Rosovsky handles the administrative side of permanent appointments, gathering the opinions of an ad hoc committee and making his own decisions about the candidate...
...hoc committee--composed of professors from Harvard and other schools--usually meets for one day. "I sort of orchestrate this part," Rosovsky said. The committee calls witnesses, including anyone who has opposed the candidate in the department meeting. "We make sure the negative side is fully heard," he said...
...several Roman Catholic bishops have come out against "gay rights" bills in their cities. With the tacit backing of Terence Cardinal Cooke, Catholics played a heavy role last year in defeating a New York City antidiscrimination bill that had been expected to pass. In California, an ad hoc Coalition of Concerned Christians recently tried?but failed?to put to a referendum the state's new law legalizing all sexual acts between consenting adults...
Already, emotions are rising as economically interested groups argue the pros and cons of the new Soviet grain deals. Last week an ad hoc committee of the AFL-CIO maritime unions, which are threatening to boycott the Soviet shipment, met with Butz to protest the sales. "This sounds like the 1972 rip-off all over again, and we won't stand for it," said the Longshoremen's Thomas Gleason, referring to the Soviet purchase of 19 million tons of U.S. grain three summers ago. "Nobody is going to be ripped off," Butz assured the seamen. Said Don Woodward...