Word: appointed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...police department is seeking to appoint only nine sergeants, ruling out the possibility of promoting the highest ranking black, who scored 20th out of 110 patrolmen who took the exam in April...
April 30: He announces the resignations of Haldeman and Ehrlichman, calling them "two of the finest public servants it has been my privilege to know," and of Dean and Kleindienst. Nixon grants the new Attorney General the authority to appoint a special prosecutor...
McCarthy said the police chief and city manager appoint sergeants from a ranked list of qualified patrolmen. The Civil Service Department makes the list based on test score results. The exam has been given three times in the past 17 years. He said a name on the list can be skipped if the patrolman's performance is deemed unacceptable...
Thrower's warning about a personal police force was in response to the President's attempt to appoint a secret investigator for the White House, John Caulfield...
...Prime Minister Adelino da Palma Carlos, 69, a moderate law professor appointed by Spínola, conditions were intolerable. The Cabinet he headed was not of his choosing, and he had no authority over it. Among other things, he insisted that the Council of State, which is dominated by the military and acts as the country's watchdog committee, draw up a constitution and elevate him to something more than a mere "Cabinet coordinator." The council agreed to let him appoint Ministers but refused him added authority...