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But the proposal was voted down earlier this month by the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024

After the AWG settles on a site, the proposal must be approved by 60% of the two dozen or so members of the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy.

From Science Magazine • May 5, 2022

Victoria Sandino, Farc commander and co-chair of the Gender Subcommission in Havana, Cuba, is currently based at a heavily guarded hotel in Bogotá, along with other Farc leaders.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2017

What will survive of us is plastic The Anthropocene Working Group of the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy – a title straight out of Gormenghast – was created in 2009.

From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2016

One of Jake's jobs was on the Subcommission on Freedom of Information and of the Press, where he surprised reporters by his jolly manner, so unlike Gromyko's icy front.

From Time Magazine Archive