Word: processing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...have seen an explosion in the use of "soft money," the unregulated, unlimited and undisclosed donations that give immense political influence to those wealthy enough to contribute. Federal laws and regulations currently govern campaign donations to individual candidates, placing reasonable limits on contributions and opening the influence-trading process to public scrutiny. But these laws do not apply to the $451 million in soft money paid to political parties this election season. The sheer scale of the unregulated donations belies the American commitment to government of, by and for the people. The proposal sponsored by Senators John S. McCain...
...declined comment on Brown or the selection process. But the Survivor application says that excellent physical and mental health are required; all 48 semi-finalists underwent psychological testing to ensure their mental fitness in addition to physical examinations...
...past few weeks, the search committee has been conducting interviews with possible candidates for the presidency, sources close to the process say. Sources say that after the Overseers meeting, some members of the committee traveled to New York where they conducted interviews...
...Sources close to the search process say that typically the committee interviews candidates about what Harvard needs in a president, without telling them that they are being considered...
...going to seem as crucial as it does now. Pinochet's legal team will hope to convince the doctors only once that he's unfit for trial, and use that finding to fight off any further prosecutions. That may be why they're trying to delay the process as long as possible, to make sure he's never touched...