Migrant workers look through catalogues of photocopied DVD covers and point to their selection.

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Opponents of selection point to research which shows that less able children seem to benefit from being educated alongside brighter ones.

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Obviously, we can all point at exceptions (selection bias), but when I think of all the examples of someone telling me in advance they were doing a blog, they failed.

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"The main point of this process is that the selection committee, including me, never references their CV, " he wrote to CNN in an email.

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For starters, it claims to have the largest selection of barbecue sauces and rubs on earth, and based on the selection, I see no reason to argue the point: the choices are endless, and for competitive barbecue cooks, they have industrial size packaging.

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Some folks are outraged, too, by Mr Obama's rumoured selection of Dennis Ross, a veteran of Bill Clinton's administration, as his point man on Iran.

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