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...postulated disadvantage that might come from a full endorsement--though OCS has never declared this outright--would be that Harvard's applicant pool may be weakened in the eyes of the Rhodes committee. There is no reason to believe this would be the case, especially when the Rhodes committee itself has urged Harvard to be more generous in its opinion of applicants. In addition, past precedent has shown that prior to 1991-1992, when the endorsement procedure was more liberal, Harvard had no fewer, and in many years, certainly a greater, number of scholars...
...Warden of Rhodes House noted on a recent visit. Even though college officials moved to address Gerson's concerns by raising the number of endorsements by 21 percent this year, so many clearly qualified candidates remained on the sidelines that it's no surprise Harvard was denied outright this time around...
Every fall, over 80 Harvard students apply for University endorsement, a necessary prerequisite for applying to the Rhodes scholarship itself--though many schools bypass this process and instead endorse all their applicants outright. Harvard's complex, two-tiered endorsement committee consistently rejects more than half who apply. Before getting started, these potential Rhodes Scholars are stopped in their tracks, deemed unworthy by the committee of even having a shot at the mystical award...
...amount of hard work and tenacity can reverse the kinds of calls that can outright change the outcome of a hockey game...
...tally elsewhere in the state. If a court decides that the election is invalid, it would still be necessary to rule on whether a new vote is the only remedy. Florida courts, like courts in most other states, have been reluctant to order new elections even in cases of outright fraud. But in a circumstance as novel and highly charged as this one, the past may not be any guide...