Word: selecter
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...final matriculation decisions trickle into admissions office this week and high school seniors gear up for summertime, a select set of Harvard admits will continue to be on break even when the College opens in the fall...
...Italian-born Morawetz knew he wanted his private club to be in Venice, where select members who care for the city could enjoy a well-managed part-time home. "But it couldn't be just a luxury club," he says. It had to be quintessential Venice. When he saw the abandoned palazzo (better known as Palazzo Pauly, since it was the headquarters of the Pauly Glassworks for more than a century), it was a revelation. Morawetz acquired the property and, rather than selling the valuable artistic-glass collection that came with it, decided to give Venice a new Museum...
...possible. Students already face strong incentives to take a big paycheck on Wall Street, and the University should not deter students who wish to devote their summer to a nobler cause. Many admirable summer internships and jobs are unpaid, and a student should not have to be forced to select from a limited menu of government and community service jobs to receive a waiver. A good solution would be to have students seeking a waiver submit a brief application to the FAO explaining what they are planning on doing. We would hope that the FAO would be particularly open minded...
...Democratic and Republican parties are about to lose control of the way their presidential candidates are chosen. Both had picked a select group of states that could elect nominees before Feb. 5, 2008. But Florida, which wasn't one of them, is now set to break the party-approved barrier and move its primary up to Jan. 29. South Carolina, which the parties picked to have the first Southern primary, says it will move its G.O.P. primary even earlier to keep that distinction. New Hampshire, scheduled for Jan. 22, requires its secretary of state to move its primary to stay...
...reallocate” some of the prize funding. Winners will now receive iPods and iTunes gift cards.The two hour event will showcase six student films. The films will be screened back to back, followed by a question and answer session with each filmmaker, before the judges select a winner. Organizers say that the unique conversation set-up aspires to bring the student art community closer together and allow the contributors to get feedback about their own films. As it stands, the six contributors slated to show films at the festival include Alexa J. Bush ’07, George...