Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In the past decade, Deng Xiaoping shed so many of his titles that Westerners came to refer to him simply as China's leader. Last week he retired from his final official party post -- the chairmanship of the Central Military Commission, the party organ that oversees the armed forces and...
The other problem is that Harvard, already under investigation for collusion, would be under the tight scrutiny of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The University could surely smooth things over with Washington by dispensing honorary degrees to every top-ranking member of the Bush administration.
During the ceremony, Governor Dukakis said that the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), the state agency responsible for investigating cases of discrimination, "is ready to begin enforcement of the new law."
Trish J. Pugliese, senior epidemiologist with the state Commission for Communicable Diseases, said about 70 percent of the 120 cases of measles in Massachusetts since January have occurred in secondary schools and college campuses.
Vellucci also said he wanted to establish a committee to examine "who snatched up all the houses, who did a lot of grabbing" after World War II. He said he would call the group the "Pointing the Finger" Commission, prompting Danehy to ask, "Which finger?"