Word: selective
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Eight sophomores from South House and four from Currier House will be reassigned to fill the vacancies. The Quad Houses will select the sophomores to be transferred...
...refused to comment on particular characteristics of the approximately ten candidates he is still considering and also declined to say whether or not he will select a new dean from the Harvard Medical School faculty...
...best part was meeting and working for Rickover, the man who more than any other, except for Carter's father, had the greatest impact on his life. Rickover did more than merely select Carter for the atomic submarine program. The admiral -then a captain-set harsh standards, which Carter has been trying to meet ever since, and which he attempted to set for his own subordinates when he entered politics...
...selection process for the World Festival Days is a blend of international politics and recognition of talent which transcends boundaries--each year the ISCM General Assembly chooses one member nation to present the annual festival. (The United States, due to the dearth of government subsidies for the arts, has traditionally been at a disadvantage because of the lack of guaranteed funds.) Then, the member nations select compositions from their countries and submit them to the international jury, which includes contemporary music luminaries Gunther Schuller, Elliott Carter, Jacques Guyonnet, David Drew, and Marlos Nobre. A special effort was made this year...
...advisory position in the Carter administration. Tacit in virtually all Harvard-Carter advisors' statements concerning their own futures with Carter is the understanding that Carter seems to want to remain without strings at least for now. If he really is beholden to no one, he would in all probability select his closest advisors from the rands of those from whose help he has profited most during the campaign...