Word: appointment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...presidential race. That left Thieu and Ky overwhelming favorites to defeat the other 17 slates now in the running. "Big Minh" may poll a sizable number of votes in absentia, and Huong is expected to do well-but not nearly well enough. Thieu, in fact, may offer to appoint Huong Premier as another step toward unity and conciliation. As for Ky, whose withdrawal won wide praise as an act of genuine patriotism, he is expected to be given far more responsibility as Vice President than the new constitution calls for. Then, too, there is 1971 ahead-when Ky will still...
...most experienced in making the transition back and forth from the government over a period of time because by their professional training they have a haven which they can return to, and one which relates closely to politics and government. This makes it tempting for the Institute to appoint lawyers and teachers as Fellows, but I would argue the opposite -- that the emphasis on selecting people for this experience should be placed on those who do not already have that built-in opportunity to move with relative quickness and ease to an outside spot. Those people who were...
Then the colonels came back in and asked the King to appoint a new government headed by General Spandidakis. Constantine resisted. "You've succeeded in taking over the country," he said. "At least allow the Premier to be a civilian." To Colonel Papadopoulos he said: "You haven't got the faintest idea of how to run a country. All you can do is direct artillery fire." Eventually, the colonels agreed to accept Constantine Kollias, chief prosecutor in the Greek Supreme Court, as Premier. He was summoned to the Defense Ministry. Said Constantine to Kollias...
...first declared: "This company doesn't want to make a penny from the murder of John Kennedy."* That sold the Kennedys on Harper. Once he had the manuscript and saw in what grim detail it discussed the assassination, Thomas tactfully urged that Bobby and Jackie avoid it and appoint surrogate readers. The go-betweens' suggestions for changes were so demanding that Thomas finally quit listening. Astonished at his independence, Kennedy loyalists attacked Thomas and even now spread cutting stories about him on the cocktail circuit. Bobby Kennedy withdrew a collection of speeches that Harper was scheduled to publish...
...former status." Atlanta's Arch bishop Paul J. Hallinan, another board member, let it be known that he had opposed Curran's ouster. Boston's Richard Cardinal Gushing announced that he would not condemn Curran. "He must teach all sides. It makes no sense to appoint people to a university board who know absolutely nothing about running a university...