Word: appointing
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Lewis A. Law, director of technical services since September, said yesterday he will present three options: replacing current facilities with a very large computer, acquiring many small microcomputers, or buying a modest computer just able to meet expected demand. Richard G. Leahy, associate dean for resource and planning, will appoint a committee to study and choose between the options...
...school will appoint five full-time associates in the field in March for the academic year 1981-82. Their research will "integrate women's perspectives into the main curriculum," the foundation's newsletter said. In addition to publishing their research, the associates will design and teach seminars that will serve as models for future courses...
...even managed to make an enemy of powerful and popular Warren G. Magnuson, who has represented Washington in the U.S. Senate since 1944. Needing the support of Gordon Walgren, Democratic leader in the state senate, to block a bill on prison expansion, Ray offered to appoint him to Magnuson's seat if Magnuson should die. When Walgren reported the offer publicly, Magnuson, who is 75 and campaigning for a seventh term, was enraged. He shouted at reporters: "I want to tell the Governor there ain't gonna be no vacancy." He later endorsed McDermott for Governor...
...other contest is for sheriff, a post even less intrinsically important than county commissioner. Sheriffs do very, very little today--they run the county's jail, appoint those who serve notice on citizens called to justice, and bring the Harvard Commencement to order each year. Again, the job has become a Christmas-stocking position, perfect for the generous politician eager to hand out presents to his family and friends. Of the seven candidates (including another man named Michael McLaughlin) only Edward Henneberry seems willing or likely to change the nature...
Opposition among the university's trustees led to the decision to appoint Hackney instead of Gregorian despite "strong support" for the provost, the reporter added. No official comment was available...