The Black List began as a lark in 2004, when the young Harvard grad queried other development executives for recommendations of good scripts to read over the holiday break.
Chris Edwards, chief executive of Education Leeds, said: "The recommendations we put forward represented the best of the many suggestions that we considered regarding the school's future.
Still, there was thought put into the transition and what would come next, including a draft of dozens of executive orders and recommendations for a communications plan to avoid "idle" time in the president-elect's schedule that the news media would use to describe him as unfocused.
Danielle Morrill, founder and chief executive of Referly, a product-recommendation start-up in San Francisco, found that using Timehop, which pings her iPhone with information about how she spent her day exactly one, two, three or even five years ago, reminded her just how "powerful time can be".
4. Write a critical analysis of online search engines and prepare a list of recommendations for company executives suggesting how they could improve their services.
When I applied for a green card I had completed a PhD, taught at an Ivy League university, published 15 articles, applied for three patents, and worked in America's biotech industry for six years.The application included letters of recommendations from company executives at biotech companies.
Last week President Bush issued four executive orders addressing matters that were subjects of recommendations by the 9/11 commission.
Alan Vallance, the chief executive of the Royal Institute of British Architects, said the recommendations "would have profound implications for architecture" because one in five architects working in the UK are already from the EU.
At the time of the election, the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh presented a number of recommendations to the new Scottish Executive.
The traditional administrative budget contains the executive's recommendations concerning the raising of what Magna Carta referred to as "scutage or aid" and the disposal of it for purposes of government.
