Word: processes
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This morning's announcement ends over two weeks of nearly non-stop campaigning by the candidates, who said the process has brought them to near exhaustion...
From a Harvard standpoint, it might not seem so odd that the College administrators have employed a closed-door process for choosing the undergraduate representatives to a new committee which will oversee the Trust. The Trust, a powerful group created in the wake of the merger, will dole out nearly $20,000 in annual funding to student groups interested in women's and gender issues...
This is not to say that these individuals will not do a good job on the committee. Many of the students might be extremely experienced or otherwise qualified for the position. Still, the fact that there has been no open application process for the positions, nor any real disclosure about how exactly the Trust will be run, is deeply troubling. Will these handpicked student representatives be voting members of the committee with equal status to the other members? Who will preside over the committee? What kind of criteria will they employ for dispensing funds...
...irradiation technology for meat. That's right - in roughly 60 days, there will be a new label to inspect at your local market: The "radura" symbol will adorn meat that's been zapped by gamma rays - much in the manner of microwave ovens, without actually cooking the meat. The process, scientists say, wipes out E. coli and other, potentially life-threatening bacteria. While the Food and Drug Administration approved irradiation for meat back in 1997, the meat industry still faces its toughest critics: the American public...
Medical school research is usually published in a medical journal, whose editors first put the publication through a process of peer review--scrutiny by other doctors to look for problems with methodology or conclusions...