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...meetings. Even more promising was Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith’s statement in Tuesday’s announcement: “During the search,” he wrote, “I heard repeatedly that it was important that the College dean exercise broad oversight of the undergraduate curriculum in addition to overseeing the College more broadly.” For the Dean of the College, long hampered by restricted jurisdiction and mandated deference to more senior administrators, “broader oversight” sounds like just what the doctor ordered.If the position...
...company originally intended to install casing at depths of 3,500 ft., 4,500 ft. and 8,500 ft. (1,000 m, 1,400 m and 2,600 m). "The conventional well design in that sort of pressure environment would be to install casing," Swarbrick says. Yet, either through oversight or because of technical problems, Lapindo did not case the hole to the planned depth. "For whatever reason, they weren't following the plan," Swarbrick says. "They had 5,000 feet of open hole. That's taking one heck of a risk...
Clinton seemed intent upon painting Obama as unready to be commander in chief, criticizing her opponent for not holding oversight hearings of U.S. policy toward Afghanistan and suggesting Obama had once talked of bombing Pakistan. Obama criticized Clinton for voting for the war; Clinton criticized Obama for voting for "Dick Cheney's energy bill." Obama dodged a question from Tim Russert about whether he would abide by a promise to accept public financing in a general election campaign, while Clinton vowed to release her personal tax returns "upon becoming the nominee." If not sooner, she added...
...life surveys, Canada beats the U.S. by miles. Canada, it seems, has struck a balance: government is responsible for collecting taxes and providing services. In contrast, the U.S. has corporate welfare, tax cuts for the wealthy and the decimation of public services and infrastructure. Republican administrations have dispensed with oversight of corporations, leading to job outsourcing and the financial collapses and crises of companies such as Enron, MCI and banks with a big stake in the mortgage industry. It matters what Presidents...
...Additionally, the University began creating subject-specific review committees for areas like science and engineering in order to provide advice and oversight for Harvard programs...