Word: appointed
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...brokerage-regulatory agency. Its officers could, for example, examine the books of brokerages to determine if they were on the verge of insolvency, order changes in the way brokerages keep their books, arrange mergers to rescue troubled firms and, as a last resort, ask a federal court to appoint a trustee for a failing broker...
After fighting so hard for a liberal Faculty restructuring, the liberals lost the December and May elections. "We won the war, but lost the battle." one liberal commented. "Had we allowed the Dean to appoint the Council we would have done better because he would have had to guess at our strength." another said...
Yesterday's meeting was called by an ad hoe steering committee formed last week by an open meeting of the teaching fellows. At that meeting the teaching fellows tentatively voted to form a permanent union and to appoint a steering committee to draft a charter...
Technically, there was no need for Kilbridge to bring the formation of a fact-finding committee before the faculty. According to the HGSDA resolution he simply had to appoint one person to the committee and allow students to appoint one. The two committee members would then appoint a third...
Court-martials, in fact, hardly try to give the appearance of impartial tribunals. Though commanders are officially forbidden from influencing proceedings within their jurisdiction, they can dictate the results of any trial in any number of subtle and not-so-subtle ways. They usually appoint military judges for court martials-and thus control the promotions of the key figure in judicial proceedings. They also appoint juries. Court-martials, like military music, are instruments of enforced conformity, rather than fine instruments for protecting the rights of the accused. They serve the convenience of the army...