Word: appointed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...George and his majority in Parliament support it. The King directs the government on essential matters of policy, and he is more belligerent even than most of his ministers. Through his ability to grant sinecures, offer jobs and give outright cash bribes-not to mention his unquestioned power to appoint new members to the House of Lords -George has firm control of at least a third of the members of both houses, the "King's Friends," while another third can almost always be counted on to fall into line...
...surmount that crisis quickly. He took many blacks as counselors, notably Urban League Executive Director Vernon Jordan, and Congressman Andrew Young, who represents a mostly white Atlanta district. When asked recently to whom he owed anything. Carter replied: "Andy Young." The list stopped there. Carter has promised to appoint blacks to Cabinet or sub-Cabinet jobs; if they are willing, Young and Jordan may well be offered high posts in any Carter Administration...
...popularity has not followed widespread gratitude. The rallies organized by supporting parties on his behalf have been poorly attended. Much of the front-line campaigning for the general has been carried on by his civilian supporters. The most notable is Scares, whom Eanes has promised to appoint Premier if he wins...
...University should appoint an independent task force to consider the deteriorating labor-management situation at Harvard, with the goals of eliminating racism in the dining halls and elsewhere, instituting worker-management dialogue and some degree of worker participation in management decision making, and strict adherence to both the letter and the spirit of the workers' contract agreement...
...including 26% for the Socialists and 23% for the Communists. Recent polls suggest that Socialist-Communist Union of the Left candidates will win a majority of the races in the 1978 parliamentary elections. If they do, Giscard, whose own term as President runs until 1981, may be forced to appoint a Premier from the left. The result, many French politicians believe, could be a paralyzing deadlock between the President and a hostile parliamentary majority, leading to a flight of capital, street demonstrations, strikes and, perhaps, the collapse of the Fifth Republic...