Word: finaling
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...serious political force, is that today no one questions Quebec's potential ability to survive as an independent country. The province's economic dynamism and cultural solidarity have given its politicians and businessmen a remarkable degree of self-confidence. Still, many participants in the debate do not believe a final split need occur. "When you come right down to it," says Alain Dubuc, an editor of the Montreal daily La Presse, "Quebeckers don't want to separate. What we need is a simplification of the relationship." Dubuc envisions a Canada of regions rather than provinces, held together in a loose...
...Bruce Willis is a hero less in the tradition of Sylvester Stallone's indestructible Rambo than of Harrison Ford's damageable Indiana Jones. Willis' final victory is much more satisfying after having seen him drag his battered and bleeding body through the snow after suffering major defeats...
Charles P. Slichter, a Corporation member and professor at the University of Illinois, will chair the nine-member committee, which includes four corporate executives, three professors and two layers. Six of the committee members sit on the Corporation, which has the final say over matters of University policy, and the other three are members of the Board of Overseers, a 30-member board that advises the Corporation...
...years, the Corporation has never before appointed a formal committee to search for a University president, and it was unclear yesterday exactly what role the committee would play in the search process. The Corporation must make the final selection for president, but it must do so with the consent of the Board of Overseers...
...result, the search committee is expected to determine what qualities Harvard needs in its 26th president, and forward a short list of candidates to the Corporation for a final decision. In a prepared release, Slichter said the committee plans to hold extensive discussions with individuals inside and outside the Harvard community over the next few months...