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Word: appointment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plain fact is that any President has the right to appoint those individuals who will be responsive to his policy orientation. Perhaps the drive to replace various U.S. Attorneys in the country springs from a recognition that other things, like drugs, hard crime and consumer abuse, are as worthy of prosecutorial attention as political corruption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 13, 1978 | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

Many members of the convention advocate making CHUL an auxiliary of the new student government and giving the latter the power to appoint the members of CHUL. Changes in the CHUL election procedure, however would require Faculty legislation. Few members of the convention say they want the new government to assume responsibilities of CRR or the ad board. But regardless of what the convention members think will be the eventual fate of the existing student-Faculty committees, the vast majority of them are careful to emphasize the importance of proving to students, the Faculty and the administration that...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich and Eric B. Fried, S | Title: Searching For a New Student Voice | 2/3/1978 | See Source »

...will fill out the remaining four years of Humphrey's term? Three Minnesota Congressmen-Democrats Donald Fraser and James Oberstar and Republican Bill Frenzel-are gearing up for a special election to be held in November, concurrent with the general election. But Governor Rudy Perpich must appoint a successor to serve between now and November...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Rousing Farewell | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

Part of the problem residents face is a new city council and the time-consuming process of clecting a new mayor, the only official who can appoint subcommittees to consider the petition...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: City Board Hears Plea Against Gym | 1/4/1978 | See Source »

HARVARD is one of the few major educational institutions that does not appoint a board of trustees. Instead, alumni annually elect five Overseers, each of whom serves a six-year term on the 30-person board. Recent alumni voting patterns show a sensitivity to the social, educational and political challenges Harvard has had to meet since the late '60s. Educators, scientists and government officials now serve on the board alongside financiers and industrialists; women and blacks share in decisions that were once exclusively the prerogatives of white...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For a Diverse Board of Overseers | 12/16/1977 | See Source »

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