Word: inputs
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...have a voice in the process, forming an Ad Hoc Ad Board Committee. But Donald H. Pfister, chair of the Ad Board Review Committee and a professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, told Sundquist at the time that he was not willing to consider the Council’s input on the issue...
...Apparently our website's server crashed twice. We've never had input like that ever, and we've never had phone calls like this either. I tend to think my staff tries to read me the nicer stuff instead of the e-mails where people are calling me names [laughs], but there's been a lot of very favorable things written and a lot of favorable comments. I've had so many people stop me on the street who are excited about what I'm doing...
...While the relationship between the Taliban and al-Qaeda has frayed over the years, bin Laden's group is still a principal financial supporter, and as such would have input on major decisions that the Taliban make. Needless to say, it will be impossible for any negotiations to take place unless the Taliban renounce all ties with the terrorist group. That's an unlikely scenario, says Zaeef. "I am not sure the Taliban will say to al-Qaeda, 'Leave the country and don't support us,' because there is no one else funding the Taliban, so there...
Roman Holiday. Italy has established a uniform hotel rating system countrywide, despite resistance from some hoteliers, who were concerned that the bill was passed without their input. The new ratings - from one to five stars - will standardize hotel grades depending on room size, accessibility of private bathrooms, satellite TV, air-conditioning, Internet access, safes, the quality of cleaning services and the hours reception areas are manned...
...afford to do, both financially and practically. Any such attempt to change policy, however, should be accompanied by active engagement with the involved community. No parent should be surprised by the new clothing catalogs for school uniforms arriving in his or her mailbox. Rather, school boards must solicit input from faculty, staff and students such that the broader community can feel involved and invested in improving their neighborhood schools. While we recognize the elements of anachronism in mandating public school uniforms, today’s crisis in education warrants such measures. The benefits that uniforms can offer to low-performing...