Word: hoc
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...industry. Some of the trio's decisions - like not rescuing Lehman Brothers in mid-September - have come under criticism on Wall Street and Capitol Hill for being hesitant and reactive. Associates say Geithner doesn't necessarily disagree with the charge that the government's response "has had an ad hoc, seat-of-the-pants quality to it," as a senior investment banker in the middle of things puts it. That's one reason Geithner and the rest of the Obama economic team have indicated that they plan to move more aggressively, on an even broader scale, than the government...
...also voted to create an ad-hoc committee on public service that will gather student opinion for the two representatives, who will be its co-chairs...
Some help with the decisions is to come from the Priorities Committee, an ad hoc body that will function until the completion of the Faculty’s budgetary plans in March. Smith will announce the members of the committee at today’s meeting, according to FAS spokesman Robert P. Mitchell...
Despite the heavy focus on finance, the council found room to discuss proposals for language reform. Romance languages professor Virginie Greene, the co-chair of the ad-hoc committee advising Smith on foreign languages, gave a presentation before the council concerning foreign language requirements...
...hoc committee is scheduled to present its final recommendations to the Council in January for a vote...