Word: hoc
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...increasing the opportunities for women on the Harvard faculty, I recognize, again, that whatever abstract words of reassurance I can offer in this letter--coming in the context of a concrete decision with which you disagree--are unlikely to alleviate your concerns. Let me say only that the ad hoc process is an extraordinarily rigorous one, for both men and women. Some adverse outcomes occur every year, and it is difficult yet genuine reality that a number of individuals will proceed to the ad hoc stage of tenure review but not finally be approved. Your letter refers specifically to concerns...
...that, because my decision represents the final step in the case, there may be little that I can say to allay that disappointment. In addition, as you know, I am constrained in my response by the need to respect scrupulously the important principle of confidentiality that underlies the ad hoc process...
...would just like to make clear that I know absolutely of nothing related to the ad hoc process that was in any way irregular or inappropriate, in this case or in any of the other cases," he said at the beginning of the interview...
...think we were all sort of sitting shocked in our own corners and slowly started to speak to each other," Jardine said. "It took us several days to gather steam and then the idea of a letter came up. It was all very ad hoc...
...truth, much of the violence on the show had been exaggerated, with drug raids filmed from every possible angle and car chases replayed in slow motion. Yet I still got the feeling the ad-hoc directors and producers--many of whom are police officers themselves--want to make a statement with these shows. "America isn't safe anymore," they seem to say, "so lock your doors, throw another chicken pot pie in the microwave and tune into 'Cops' to hear about the real state of the union...