The panel allowed those standing close enough to the speakers to charge a smartphone.

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Standing in front of that panel of judges prepares you for the stress, the questions, and the curveballs in an interview better than almost any other experience.

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The States rejected the panel's suggestion and as a result Deputy Tadier said he was standing down from the four scrutiny panels he belongs to.

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He pointed out that at a recent academic conference at one of Turkey's most progressive universities in Istanbul, he witnessed audience members give a five-minute standing ovation to a Turkish speaker who "slammed America" in front of a panel of visiting U.S. officials.

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After Alberto Herrera , chief executive of fledgling wireless-sensor network company Medida , pitched his firm to a panel of four top-tier Silicon Valley venture capitalists--in front of a standing-room-only crowd of some 350 people-- Josh Stein of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson was so impressed that he asked Herrera to set up a meeting.

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