Word: pools
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...random lottery would then be conducted among the second, qualified pool of candidates. Those selected could rejoice in their good fortune. Those who did not win could blame Lady Luck, or not blame anyone or anything at all--having been defeated only by chance, they could walk away from the application process with chins up and pride intact...
...list of former Fellows is extraordinarily distinguished and the size and quantity of the pool is quite daunting," he said...
...myriad challenges that faced their nation. But especially after 1955, when he was in his early 60s and at the height of his political power as leader of the Chinese People's Republic, swimming became a central part of his life. He swam so often in the large pool constructed for the top party leaders in their closely guarded compound that the others eventually left him as the pool's sole user. He swam in the often stormy ocean off the north China coast, when the Communist Party leadership gathered there for its annual conferences. And, despite the pleadings...
...recruiting good people salary is a major issue," he said. "They can't work in the low 20s. If we could pay in the 30 to 35 level, we could add better people to the pool of applicants...
TEHRAN: They may be men of the cloth, but when it comes to political infighting, Iran?s conservatives play dirty pool. This week Tehran mayor Gholamhossein Karbaschi, a key aide of the moderate President Mohammed Khatami, was arrested on corruption charges. ?The charges are widely regarded as bogus, because Karbaschi is one of the cleanest politicians in the country,? says TIME Middle East bureau chief Scott MacLeod. ?This is the strongest challenge yet to Khatami by the conservatives who are resisting his moves to thaw relations with Washington.? Although Khatami and his government have condemned the arrest -- and arranged...