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nomination

noun as in appointment for responsibility

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A proposal to include Indonesia's former military dictator Suharto on a list of national heroes sparked opposition from rights advocates who on Tuesday called the nomination a "betrayal".

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Nearly two decades passed between Ladd’s first nomination and her second, for a role in David Lynch‘s “Wild at Heart.”

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Her big break in film came in a waitress role in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore in 1974, which earned her an Oscar nomination.

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Pressure was mounting heading into November, with the nomination window for the company’s board slated to open this month when activists would be able to push for changes.

With the level of its craft, it could score a dozen or more nominations, with only “One Battle After Another” as a threat to best that count.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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