(No repeat viewings were necessary if he had already seen it at the nominations level, according to Leslie Unger, an Academy spokeswoman; if he hadn't, it had to be seen at a theater, not on a screener).
The nominations left Boyhood, which scooped best drama and best director at the Golden Globes on Sunday – and is still thought to be a frontrunner in the key battles – trailing with six nominations, level with Clint Eastwood's Iraq war drama American Sniper, which has recently picked up momentum.
Will it be best-picture-nomination-level sniffling when The Road starts screening for Academy members?
The nomination layer includes edges based on (possibly non-reciprocal) nominations collected via surveys.
Instead, he was nominated to a district court seat, a trial court where judges have far less leeway and consequently nominations to that level rarely produce such major fights.
The Clinton campaign said last week: "It will be very difficult, if not impossible, for a Democrat to win the nomination without strong levels of support among African-American and Hispanic voters".
Mr Cameron has insisted that if Mr Juncker's name was tabled at Friday's meeting, he would demand an "unprecedented" vote on his nomination to demonstrate the level of opposition to it.
Nomination criteria included sporting level, official United Nations verified refugee status, and personal situation and background, the IOC said.
The Daschle nomination is the highest-level political casualty of the young Obama administration.
Nominations for the high level expert group were invited from learned societies and research bodies across Europe.
There will be fewer opportunities to block conferences between the House and Senate, and debate will be limited on district judgeships and presidential nominations below the cabinet level.
