Word: appointed
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Though Gomes attributes his success to the changing times, many of the new Memorial Church regulars oppose the Stendahl report only because of Gomes himself--they want Harvard to appoint him the official minister. They seem to be part of congregation attracted to a church more by the preacher than the God inside...
...Johnson against charges of fraud in a Senate primary election that L.B.J. won by a contested 87 votes. In 1960 Jaworski was L.B.J.'s attorney in suits that sought to prevent him from running simultaneously for Vice President and for Senator. When L.B.J. was President, he wanted to appoint Jaworski Attorney General. But sensitive to charges of cronyism, the President reluctantly named Ramsey Clark instead. By conservative Texas standards, in fact, Jaworski has often been a maverick. He defended a liberal school-board member who was under furious attack from conservatives, and he was chosen to prosecute former Mississippi...
...income from the fund given by Miss Draper was not sufficient to appoint a lecturer annually and it was decided to make an appointment every other year for one semester only. Under this system the University had for the next twenty years a series of distinguished visiting professors including among others Giorgio Spini, Roberto Lopez, Arnaldo Momigliano, Carlo Dionisotti and Federigo Zeri...
...program is still very much in the planning stage, but it's set up so that we can put it into effect by degrees," Bryant said. "Our next move will be to appoint a director who can coordinate our effort...
...with the miners was inept-and last week was no different. After the miners voted overwhelmingly (81%) to strike, -Heath met with the Trades Union Congress, which represents 10 million workers, including the miners, to attempt to resolve the crisis. He promised that if the miners settled, he would appoint a royal commission to hear their grievances. In all likelihood, he added, the commission would recommend an increase, but he could give no assurances that it would be retroactive to the March 1 expiration of the miners' contract...