Word: selecter
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Faith in a constitutional democracy becomes imperiled when the interests of an established elite marginalize the representation of popular opinion. Likewise, institutional structures representing the interests of a select community lose their legitimacy when they fail to include at least nominal community participation. While institutions are well within their right to direct policy according to administrative prerogatives alone, they are, in effect, compromising a genuine perspective of the constituency they stand to represent for the perpetuation of elitist pretense...
...Bolstered by a smattering of existentialism, Beat poetry and rock 'n' roll, Drew and plenty of teenagers like him justify what they do as a glorification of immediate pleasure over conventional restraint, a familiar theme from the '60s. For Drew, smoking copious quantities of pot confers membership in the select club of "the failures," people who were dealt a good hand of money, talent and support but who opt for a path of all-but-deliberate self-destruction...
...homes in the survey charged an average of $863. A TIME price survey found Amarillo's Boxwell Brothers funeral home, an independent, charged $185 for embalming, but Loewen's N.S. Griggs charged $425. "When the uninformed consumer walks through the door and it happens to be their misfortune to select a Loewen Group home, they're going to pay at least 15% more," says Don Flynn, a Canadian mortician and industry gadfly...
Micron Millenia Plus P200 Like Dell, Micron lets you select each component that goes into your computer. The $3,099 base price includes a 200-MHz Pentium chip, CD-ROM drive, sound card and three-year warranty...
Harvard was made for the morning person. Just look at class times. Many students must race out of bed to classes that meet before Regis and Kathie Lee hit the airwaves. Look at finals. Even if you carefully select a noon lecture, the sunrise lovers in the registrar's office may schedule the exam for that awful hour...