Word: appointed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Snouffer's first task will be to appoint four new superintendents, so that B&G will have one for each of the nine faculties, instead of for the five geographical areas in its present structure
...national caucus has lobbied for day care in Congress, requested Nixon to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court, and demanded equal representation at the national party conventions. It has reached beyond specific women's issues to broader questions of racism, violence, and poverty...
...announced his retirement a week after Black, Mitchell and Kleindienst did not feel bound by any regional requirement. Speculation began about filling Harlan's chair with the court's first woman Justice. Women's groups lobbied for the idea, and Pat Nixon told a reporter: "If he doesn't appoint a woman, he's going to have to see me." Thus, for the first time, Mitchell and Kleindienst had to ignore their list. All the qualified women, they felt, were either Democrats or liberals...
...hour before the President went on television. Rumors caromed through the White House. The President himself, rather theatrically, said later: "I didn't know until the last minute which way I would go." At 7:21, the Associated Press sent out a bulletin that Nixon was about to appoint Rehnquist and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Arlin Adams of Philadelphia. A few moments later, Nixon went...
...parachute opened!" The episode was a measure of Nixon's growing sense of self-confidence. The White House staff regarded it as a triumph. "In the end," said one adviser, "he opted for excellence. I got the clear impression that the President was saying, 'I'll never appoint another Carswell. I'll never appoint another mediocrity.' " The notion was not entirely convincing. He had been prepared to nominate two legal figures with less than distinguished credentials...