Word: chancellorship
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...have governed for the past 16 years. Austrians have tired of the party's political scandals, wasteful bureaucratic measures and ineffective economic policies. In response to the conservative tide sweeping Austria, the Socialist leadership has taken a step toward the center by appointing Finance Minister Vranitzky to the chancellorship. At 48, he has served in government for only two years. But as the former director-general of Austria's second- largest bank, Vranitzky is viewed as a sophisticated economist and administrator. Socialist leaders are now reassessing their goals for general elections scheduled for next spring. The Socialists are expected...
...song might help Steinmeier, who was just named vice chancellor following the resignation of Franz Müntefering, to brush up his image and, being considered a potential candidate for chancellorship in the 2009 general elections, to gain the favor of voters that previously considered him a stone-cold bureaucrat...
...Richard signed on to a seven-year term as vice-chancellor of Cambridge, the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one with a student body that is more than 5,000 larger than Harvard's. Cambridge's ceremonial chancellorship is held by Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth...
Szwed adds that Richard had to pay a visit to Prime Minister Tony Blair upon accepting the vice-chancellorship and arrived dressed too informally for the tastes of 10 Downing Street...
...seems she was persuaded to assume the vice-chancellorship when she expected to settle down. Might she be persuaded again...