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According to chapter president and Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn who coordinated the committee formation and sat on the social sciences committee, academic achievement is paramount in Phi Beta Kappa selection...
Last night, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris followed the word--but not the spirit--of the Florida Supreme Court's decision by certifying the election results available to her. The political nature of her actions, however, were paramount once again, as she certified the results without even a partial recount from Palm Beach County...
...Florida court sprayed its decision with fragrantly pietistic aerosol to the effect that "the right of the people to cast their votes is the paramount concern," but what the Justices meant was that such dynastic masters of electoral arithmetic as William Daley, of Cook County, Illinois, should be permitted to continue with their interpretive foraging amid the chads until they come up with the total they need...
...Maybe. Because this aggressive, newspaper-reading, activist court was in fact rather discreet about the one factor that according to the numbers will pick the winner: the dimples. Oh, they hinted at it, calling "voter intent" to be paramount and citing an Illinois Supreme Court case that read a dent like a vote. But these seven Democrats were obviously a little worried what history might think of their politics. So they passed a little bit of the buck...
Brinckerhoff, who has been recruiting for four years on an agency and corporate level, explains that in recruiting, experience--"what the individual brings to the table professionally"--is paramount...