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The Policy and Resources Committee of the States of Jersey established the Constitutional Review Group in July 2005, chaired by Sir Philip Bailhache, with terms of reference ' to conduct a review and evaluation of the potential advantages and disadvantages for Jersey in seeking independence from the United Kingdom or other incremental change in the constitutional relationship, while retaining the Queen as Head of State '.
The report of a review committee chaired by Sir Cecil Clothier criticised this system of government, finding it incapable of developing high-level strategy, efficient policy-coordination or effective political leadership.
" In his review of Benaud's autobiography Anything But, Sri Lankan cricket writer Harold de Andrado wrote: " Richie Benaud possibly next to Sir Don Bradman has been one of the greatest cricketing personalities as player, researcher, writer, critic, author, organiser, adviser and student of the game.
The Department for Education and Skills since announced a review into early years reading, headed by Sir Jim Rose, formerly Her Majesty's Inspector and Director of Inspection for Ofsted ( Office for Standards in Education, UK.
Churchill s book was all but obliterated by the review, " four fifths " of which, it said, " could have been compiled by anyone with a pair of scissors, a pot of paste and a built-in prejudice against Mr Butler and Sir William Haley ".
The FBU rejected an offer that would amount to 11 percent over two years from a review body headed by Sir George Bain, and were unwilling to accept reforms to their working conditions.
* Memorial of Sir James Thornhill ( The Gentlemen's magazine and historical review, Volume 195, Jan 1855 ) p486 ff.
The inexperienced 2nd Armoured Division was soundly defeated and on 2 April Wavell came forward to review matters with Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Neame, by now the commander of British and Commonwealth troops in Cyrenaica ( Wilson having left to command the Allied expeditionary force in Greece ).
In 1800 Constable began the Farmer's Magazine, and in November 1802 he issued the first number of the Edinburgh Review, under the nominal editorship of Sydney Smith ; Lord Jeffrey, was, however, the guiding spirit of the review, having as his associates Lord Brougham, Sir Walter Scott, Henry Hallam, John Playfair and afterwards Lord Macaulay.
The creation of such a pin was recommended in Sir Hayden Phillips ' review of the honours system in 2004 ,.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier wrote that Lord Minto " took his duties to heart " and a review of his life reveals an energetic man who welcomed many challenges and responsibilities.
Yockey became embittered with Sir Oswald Mosley after the latter refused to publish or review Imperium upon its completion, after having promised to do so.
In 1918, Sir William George Maxwell, the Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements chaired the Maxwell Committee to review the scheme to commemorate the centenary of the founding of Singapore by Sir Stamford.
The British Government, already uneasy about growing racial tensions in New Zealand, had in late 1880 dispatched a new governor, Sir Arthur Gordon, to review matters and report to them.
In response, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson asked Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary ( HMIC ) to review policing tactics, including the practice of kettling.
The Queen and Admiral Sir Alan West, then First Sea Lord embarked on board HMS Endurance during the review of the international fleet.
Sir Thomas Legg, who conducted the Review into parliamentary Additional Cost Allowances, wrote to Mark Lazarowicz on 12 October 2009 saying " In your case, having examined the records in the light of my interpretation of the rules and standards in force at the time, I have not identified any payments made to you under the ACA during the review period which I consider call for any repayment.
Following a review of MPs expenses by Sir Thomas Legg, Gillan was also found to have claimed £ 1, 884 more than her mortgage bill was actually worth.
A review by Sir Thomas Legg uncovered further monies over-claimed by Smith making a total of £ 1, 429 which Smith later returned.
Following a review of higher education in Northern Ireland under the chairmanship of Sir Henry Chilver in 1982 the direct-rule government decided to merge NUU with the Ulster Polytechnic to form the University of Ulster. The merger took effect on 1 October 1984.
The Preamble traces Fiji's constitutional history, from its settlement by the ancestors of the Fijian and Rotuman peoples and the subsequent arrival of numerous different peoples, through the decision of Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the King who had united all of Fiji's tribes under his leadership in 1871, and his subsequent decision to cede the country to Great Britain on 10 October 1874, and the later decision of the Rotuman chiefs to cede Rotuma in November 1879, to the gaining of independence from the United Kingdom and the adoption of the first constitution in 1970, the abrogation of that constitution in 1987, and the subsequent proclamation of the Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji and the promulgation of a republican constitution by the President, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, in 1990, and the subsequent constitutional review undertaken in the mid-1990s, leading to the adoption of the present document.
Following the 2007 United Kingdom floods, which left 13 people dead, 44, 600 homes flooded and caused £ 3bn damage, Defra announced an independent review by Sir Michael Pitt.
An independent review was led by Sir George Quigley, the Chairman of Ulster Bank, looked into the issue and reported on 29 March 2000.

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" Conversely, Pat Graham of Chicago Reader disliked the mix of horror and comedy, writing in his review that " The pop-up humor and smirkiness suggest Raimi's aspiring to the fashionable company of the brothers Coen, though on the basis of this strained effort I'd say he's overshot the mark.
The " last Buchan " ( as Graham Greene entitled his appreciative review ) was the 1941 novel Sick Heart River ( American title: Mountain Meadow ), in which a dying protagonist confronts the questions of the meaning of life in the Canadian wilderness.
* New York Times book review from 1984 of Graham Greene's Getting to Know the General.
When the film was released, Variety gave the film a favorable review: " There is no attempt to gloss the character of Barbara Graham, only an effort to understand it through some fine irony and pathos.
In a large review of the symptoms and features of the disorder, physicians Laskari, Smith, and Graham emphasized that family members of individuals with Williams syndrome typically reject use of terminology such as " elfin ", as well as descriptions of social symptoms as " Cocktail Party Syndrome ".
However, following a review of company records undertaken with the support of the new board, author Graham Turner stated that at the time of the merger there were 16 versions of the Mini being produced, yielding an average profit of just £ 16 per car, while every Morris Minor sold lost the group £ 9 and every Austin Westminster sold lost £ 17.
In a review of the Longbridge operation, Graham Searjeant, Financial Editor of The Times ( 31 May 2007 ) notes that Lord was a " foul-mouthed, hard-driving production man ".
When the film was re-released in the late 1990s Bob Graham, staff film critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, gave the drama a positive review: " The roles are played by non-actors, Lamberto Maggiorani as the father and Enzo Staiola as the solemn boy, who sometimes appears to be a miniature man.
* A review of Melbourne's Rail Franchising reforms Currie, Graham ( 2009 ) Journeys, Singapore Land Transit Authority Academy
The letter-signed by Green, Lord Graham of Edmonton, Graham Melmoth, and Len Fyfe-called on the Prime Minister to sponsor a commission to review the co-operative movement and determine its future development and modernisation.
A research review by Steve Graham ( 1993 / 94 ) concludes that " there is no credible evidence " that D ' Nealian makes a difference in children's handwriting, that D ' Nealian creates practical problems for teachers ( who must themselves learn the system and defend it to parents ), and that it requires many young children to unlearn writing forms that they have already developed before formal instruction.
One example of a positive review was on timeout. com, which favourably compared the plot of Hard Rain to writer Graham Yost's earlier and more financially successful project, the acclaimed action film Speed and suggested that it could be considered a spiritual sequel to Speed.
Common Sense Media reviewer Andrea Graham, whose review is posted on Go. com, describes Rocko as " paranoid and obsessed with cleanliness " and that he initially perceives his neighbors to be " loud and messy.

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A proper summary of the experimental evidence on clairvoyance should include a summary of all experiments that were conducted, taking into account their probabilities of turning out false positive and false negative results, and making sure that studies are not included in the review selectively.
On 29 March 1940 his long association with Tribune began with a review of a sergeant's account of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow.
Even those who share Allaire s account of Berkeley s idealism acknowledge Pappas article to be “ an excellent review and critique of the IA account .”
The classification has been modified and extended over the years to cope with increasing output in all areas of human knowledge, and is still under continuous review to take account of new developments.
On account of his ability as a man of affairs, Smith was in demand for academic administrative and committee work: He was Keeper of the Oxford University Museum ; a Mathematical Examiner for the University of London ; a member of a Royal Commission to review scientific education practice ; a member of the commission to reform University of Oxford governance ; chairman of the committee of scientists overseeing the Meteorological Office ; twice president of the London Mathematical Society ; etc.
In April 1960, a review of minutes from the inquiry found inconsistencies and possibly a fraudulent document in Gibli's original testimony that seemed to support Lavon's account of events.
* Leninimports review and detailed account of how the film was made
Memories features a review of each episode, as well as an account of Wheaton's own experiences with and memories of that episode.
He cited the Harvard College Admissions Program which had been filed as an amicus curiae as an example of a constitutionally valid affirmative action program which took into account all of an applicant's qualities including race in a " holistic review ".
A critical literature review by Jason Lathrop on the ecological impacts of mountain biking notes that few studies take mountain biking into account.
For example, Moore and William ( 1982 ) in a literature survey and review of concept testing methodology, point out that concept tests have failed to account for changes between the concept tested and the communication describing the benefits of the product which embodies the concept.
* In a 27 December 1993 review in The Independent, critic Paul Taylor favorably described a stage adaptation written from Mrs. Pooter's point of view: " Ten years back, Keith Waterhouse hit on the excellent idea of ' ghosting ' Mrs Pooter's Diary to give her account of the same period.
A rumor or rumour ( spelling differs between American and British English ) is often viewed as " an unverified account or explanation of events circulating from person to person and pertaining to an object, event, or issue in public concern " ( 33 ) However, a review of the research on rumor conducted by Pendleton in 1998 found that research across sociology, psychology, and communication studies had widely varying definitions of rumor.
The results are summarized and given to a board-certified cytogeneticist for review, and to write an interpretation taking into account the patients previous history and other clinical findings.
* EasyPay customers can review the account and ride usage on-line, printed statements are no longer sent by mail.
To his research are due, among other matters of literary interest, the first account of Thomas Carlyle's Lectures on periods of European culture ; the identification of Shelley as the author of a review ( in The Critical Review of December 1814 ) of a lost romance by James Hogg ; a description of Shelley's Philosophical View of Reform ; a manuscript diary of Fabre d ' Églantine ; and a record by Dr Wilhelm Weissenborn of Goethe's last days and death.
The story was basically a review of previous accounts, and a substantive published account would not appear until 1947, when Chess Review published articles by Kenneth Harkness and Jack Straley Battell that amounted to a comprehensive history and description of the Turk, complete with new diagrams that synthesized information from previous publications.
The job losses will account for some of the cuts announced under the defence review – intended to help plug a £ 38bn hole in the defence budget.
Kent also had bad relations with the early punk incarnation of Adam & the Ants, starting with his NME review of the soundtrack album to Derek Jarman's film Jubilee in which Kent labelled Adam Ant a Nazi sympathiser on account of the featured song " Deutscher Girls ".
An electoral review considers whether the boundaries of wards or divisions within a local authority need to be altered to take account of changes in electorate.
Those undertaking meta-analyses and systematic reviews need to take account of publication bias in the methods they use for identifying the studies to include in the review.
Jeff Kingston ( Temple University Japan ), in a review for The Japan Times, described the book as an " excellent account of his struggle against prejudice and racial discrimination.
Speaking at the launch, Mandelson said that the review would take into account the goal of widening participation in higher education, the need for affordability and the desire to simplify the student-support system.

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