1.   All twenty-seven trainees survived final selection, despite some doubts about several of them.

2.   However the racial makeup of the panel, which is anonymous, was unknown as final selections were conducted behind closed doors.

3.   Kirov chose another snap which he had taken at a pavement cafe in Tbilisi, bringing his final selection to four.

4.   That cleared the way for the public release of the scores and scheduling of interviews and a final selection.

5.   The final selection was slanted towards books with a strong social content and which explored political issues.

6.   The final selection will be based on local requirements and the information returned from governing bodies wishing to be considered for inclusion.

7.   The final selection will be based on local requirements.

8.   There then follow the more expensive stages of final selection which May involve testing and interviewing as described earlier.

9.   Though he delegated much of the work he always made the final selection choices.