Word: reappointed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...became pregnant. They later tried to operate a waterfront potato stand, but his city hall duties consumed too much of his time. He decided to resign the post on Nov. 10, then changed his mind and waged a vain fight to get the post back. Moscone had refused to reappoint...
...Democrats also re-elected Texan Representative Jim Wright to his second term as the House majority leader. Wright and O'Neill said they would reappoint Rep. John Brademas of Indiana as Democratic whip and Illinois Rep. Dan Rostenkowski as chief deputy whip...
...that he is no pushover. He knows the art of byzantine maneuver and long-range tactics, having learned it in confrontation with a Communist bureaucracy at least as formidable as that at the Vatican. He has already thrown the Curia off balance, in fact, by failing so far to reappoint all major officials, as is customary. On Saturday the Pope addressed the Vatican press corps, then to the consternation of his aides waded into the throng of 1,000 like a U.S. presidential candidate, shaking hands and answering questions in five languages for more than a half-hour. The next...
...speech to the Cardinals about the Curia and the Vatican: "It is not difficult to recognize our inexperience in so delicate a sector of church life. We promise to treasure the suggestions that will come to us from our worthy co-workers." One of his first acts was to reappoint the heads of all major Vatican offices, a standard practice. His own choices will be made later, gradually...
...Early on, the rumors favored Health Minister Simone Veil, who the polls say is France's most popular political figure, and two prominent Gaullists, ex-Premier Jacques Chaban-Delmas and Justice Minister Alain Peyrefitte. By midweek, however, Elysée sources were confidently predicting that Giscard would reappoint Raymond Barre. After all, it was no coincidence that the three goals of Giscard's new administration-economic recovery, social justice and bureaucratic reform -were spelled out in the presidential address in exactly the same terms as in Barre's own campaign platform. In addition, Giscard had stressed...