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...stands, the OCS endorsement committee passes judgement on the basis of a substantially limited evaluation of candidates that explicitly excludes their most telling credentials: the eight letters of recommendation Rhodes committees request. By reviewing only a candidate's transcript, 1000-word personal statement and one-page activities list (one page shorter than in the official application), the selection committee forms its opinion on a gravely impoverished set of information. Not only does this deny a full accounting of candidates' extra-curricular and academic accomplishments, thereby discounting any attribute not captured in a letter grade or activity listing, but it also...
...There was his first major hollow political offer, back in November, for a statewide hand recount, and the constant and often eloquent calls to "count all the votes." He must hope we will remember those for their principle rather than their application, because neither was a request his lawyers ever bothered to make before a court. (By Monday's oral arguments, the mantra and its disconnect had even become a joke to Justice Souter. And to Boies...
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...Judge Clark finds for the Democrats, her decision could be appealed to the state supreme court, which hinted Friday about how it might respond. In an opinion denying a Palm Beach revote request, the court said a ballot must be "in substantial noncompliance" to justify an extreme remedy...
...them. They also say handling the ballots "spoliates" them, a lawyerly way of saying counters can push chads through accidentally. Bush lawyer Phil Beck wanted Lewis to rule that only a chad with a stylus imprint could count, not one pushed through, say, by a finger. Lewis dismissed that request for now, but in the end his decision may not matter...