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Phillips Brooks House Association Executive Director Gene A. Corbin, who helped select the student representatives for the University-wide committee, wrote in an e-mail that students are increasingly interested in public service...
United Extras. United passengers can purchase the "Premier Line" privilege for $25 on flights departing from select airports. Pay the fee when you get your boarding pass (use the Premier check-in line) for access to priority screening lanes and the right to board the plane first, to claim that overhead rack space. A few other United offers worth noting: Buy an annual membership to Economy Plus for $349, and you will be automatically upgraded at no extra charge every time you book an economy-class seat on the airline. Economy Plus seats, with five inches of extra legroom, usually...
Each award is decided by separate institutions which form assemblies to select the actual prize recipients. Some prizes (medicine) require Nobel assembly members to remain active in their fields, while others (literature) appoint members for life. The Peace Prize is actually decided by five members of the Norwegian parliament. Nobel Prize winners must be living; there are no posthumous awards. Each year, the Nobel committees distribute nomination forms to an undisclosed number of recipients - past winners, prominent institutions, respected members of the field - who are allowed to choose as many nominees as they want. Self-nomination is not permitted...
...first family. Name recognition may not single-handedly tip the scales, but voters would certainly pay less attention to her positions on issues or policy proposals than they would her legendary lineage. At heart, the American political process is about opening positions of leadership to all, not to a select few lucky enough to have been born into a particular (aristocratic) family. As a nation, we rely on underdogs to revitalize the status quo, and we thrive on dynamism and perpetual regeneration. Ironically, that was a large part of the appeal of John F. Kennedy...
...recommendation is fire all those f-----g people, get 'em the f--- out of there and get us some editorial support." - During a Nov. 4 phone call, in which Blagojevich instructed chief of staff Harris to urge the Chicago Tribune's owners to fire select members of the paper's editorial board...