Despite his decision to decline the award, the Soviet Union of Writers continued to denounce Pasternak in the State owned press.

Conciliation differs from arbitration in that the conciliation process, in and of itself, has no legal standing, and the conciliator usually has no authority to seek evidence or call witnesses, usually writes no decision, and makes no award.

In the case of an individual injured while making a parachute landing from an aircraft that had been brought down by enemy fire ; or, an individual injured as a result of a vehicle accident caused by enemy fire, the decision will be made in favor of the individual and the award will be made.

The decision to give the National Book Foundation's annual award for " distinguished contribution " to Stephen King is extraordinary, another low in the shocking process of dumbing down our cultural life.

* February 24 – Hustler Magazine v. Falwell: The Supreme Court of the United States sides with Hustler magazine by overturning a lower court decision to award Jerry Falwell $ 200, 000 for defamation.

The Academy's official reason for eliminating the polka award was “ to ensure the awards process remains representative of the current musical landscape .” The Academy's decision stems from the declining number of popular polka albums considered for an award in recent years.

The Supreme Court's decision overturns a ruling made by the Oregon Supreme Court that upheld the award.

Although Venezuela was unhappy with the decision, a commission surveyed a new border in accordance with the award, and both sides accepted the boundary in 1905.

Although this plan to award their own degrees does not amount to a decision to leave the University of London, the THES suggested that this ' rais new doubts about the future of the federal University of London '.

Some decisions for awarding the prize have been controversial, the most famous case being the decision to award the prize in 1919 to Marcel Proust ; this was met with indignation, since many in the public felt that the prize should have gone to Roland Dorgelès for Les Croix de bois, a novel about the First World War.

The 1994 award winner was Elegant Slumming by the pop act M People, a controversial decision considering the shortlist included popular albums from Britpop figureheads Paul Weller, Blur and Pulp, and electronica band The Prodigy.

In 1950, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the decision to establish a special honorary award to recognize outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry.

At the final presentation for the cultural center, Oscar and Peter receive the commission, but Oscar is simultaneously told that he has won the award for Gay Professional Man of the Year, with Newman deciding that he will reveal his decision after the ceremony.

On October 24, 2008, Pelosi commended the European Parliament for its " bold decision " to award the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Chinese dissident and human rights activist Hu Jia.

The decision to award an honorary degree to Margaret Thatcher in 1996, following the University of Oxford's refusal to do so, provoked an outcry by staff and students, and as a result the ceremony had to be held in the House of Lords instead of on campus.

Carleton said at this occasion, " We are deeply honored by Walter Cronkite ’ s decision to entrust this prestigious award to the Center for American History.

The controversial decision of the government to award the collected funds to the Russian Union of Rights-Holders for further distribution was criticized by the public and disputed in a lawsuit.

Despite the changes, many Gurkhas who had not served long enough to entitle them to a pension faced hardship on their return to Nepal, and some critics derided the Government's decision to only award the new pension and citizenship entitlement to those joining after 1 July 1997, claiming that this left many ex-Gurkha servicemen still facing a financially uncertain retirement.

In June 1715 ( in which year work on the upper hall began ) the Weekly Packet said that the decision to award Thornhill the commission would " put to silence all the loud applauses hitherto given to foreign artists ".

The Supreme Court upholds the Ontario Court of Appeal decision and the underlying jury award of general, aggravated and punitive damages.

Although the award is generally spoken of the " best and fairest ", the award's specific criterion is " fairest and best ", reflecting an emphasis on sportsmanship and fair play ( which also explains the decision to have the votes cast by the umpires ), as the 1924 somewhat illuminated citation expressly states:

Also, FIFA's decision to award the hosting of the 1986 FIFA World Cup to Mexico after Colombia withdrew, rather than the U. S., is considered a factor in the NASL's demise.

The other eleven members of the board overturned this decision and no award was given for fiction that year.

Not discussed here are some military problems of modern times such as undersea warfare, where the surveillance, sending, transmitting, and receiving are all so inadequate that networks and decision making are not the bottlenecks.

When the possibility that he had not given reconsideration to so weighty a decision seemed to disconcert his questioners, Mr. Eisenhower was known to make his characteristic statement to the press that he was not going to talk about the matter any more.

He made the decision with his eyes open, or so he thought.

That is why it is so very important that ethical analysis keep clear the problem of decision as to `` permitted '' effects, and not draw back in fright from any conceivable contingency or suffer paralysis of action before possibilities or probabilities unrelated, or not directly morally related, to what we can and may and must do as long as human history endures.

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney's decision said that slaves were " so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect ".

Gregory and Benedict ignored this decision however, so that there were now three simultaneous claimants to the Papacy.

Non-controlling players may double their wager or decline to do so, but they are bound by the controlling player's decision to take only one card.

Chaplin was nonetheless anxious about this decision, and would remain so throughout its production.

For example, a reception statute enacted by legislation in the state of Washington requires that " he common law, so far as it is not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, or of the state of Washington nor incompatible with the institutions and condition of society in this state, shall be the rule of decision in all the courts of this state.

Serbia is refusing to return the islands ( and disregards the committee decision ) with the explanation that they are nearer to the Serbian side of the river so they are Serbian.

In the Medieval West, the Holy See began to be asked to intervene in the question of canonizations, so as to ensure a more authoritative decision.

He directed another epistle to Pope Boniface IV, in which he prays that, if it be not contrary to the Faith, he confirm the tradition of his elders, so that by the papal decision ( judicium ) he and his monks may be enabled to follow the rites of their ancestors.

Harvard's decision not to join the Yale-Rutgers-Princeton-Columbia association meant that they needed to look further afield to find football opponents so when a challenge from Canada ’ s McGill University rugby team in Montreal was issued to Harvard, they accepted.

Xavier had no part in ( and did not know of ) the Hulk exile decision, but Xavier admits to Hulk that he would have concurred to a temporary exile so Bruce Banner could be cured of transforming into the Hulk.

The decision may have been hasty so as to avoid civil war, but neither appears to have been involved in the conspiracy.

To elect means " to choose or make a decision " and so sometimes other forms of ballot such as referendums are referred to as elections, especially in the United States.

Some argue that this supports epiphenomenalism, since it shows that the feeling of making a decision to act is actually an epiphenomenon ; the action happens before the decision, so the decision did not cause the action to occur.

The third, " the dividend decision ", requires management to determine whether any unappropriated profit is to be retained for future investment / operational requirements, or instead to be distributed to shareholders, and if so in what form.

It is legal to discriminate against felons in hiring decisions as well as the decision to rent housing to a person, so felons face barriers to finding both jobs and housing.

It could also involve the vassal providing " counsel ", so that if the lord faced a major decision he would summon all his vassals and hold a council.

When the Court renders its decision, it will generally do so in a single majority opinion and one or more dissenting opinions.

Apart from brake wear in the Porsche and the decision not to change pads so close to the race end, the winning combination was relaxed driving by both GT40 drivers and heroic efforts at the right time by ( at that time Le Mans ' rookie ) Ickx, who won Le Mans five times more in later years.

The Detroit press was not so kind regarding the Yom Kippur decision, nor were many fans, but Greenberg in his autobiography recalled that he received a standing ovation from congregants at the Shaarey Zedek synagogue when he arrived.