Word: slating
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attention from efforts to reform the public education system from within. Every other major democracy educates its children in public schools, they say, so why should the U.S. rely on entrepreneurs? Schmidt's reply: "We need the freedom to try to create new conceptions on a completely clean slate, without the constraints of inherited institutions. I don't think gradual reform is likely to produce the improvements the country desperately needs...
...Good Slate...
...search went on during the spring semester and the University felt they didn't have the opportunity to develop a good slate of candidates," said Jeff Williamson who is also Bell professor of economics...
...that's too difficult, the Board of Overseers is the next best thing. But that often means schmoozing the Harvard Alumni Association sufficiently (read: donating a lot of cash or getting elected to high public office) to get onto its slate. Otherwise, you can try collecting the 279 petition signatures needed for a ballot spot--a spot plainly designated as not HAA-approved...
Each year, Harvard alumni elect five Overseers to six year terms. Since 1986, HRAAA has fielded its own slate of candidates against the official nominees of the Harvard Alumni Association...