Word: appointed
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...draft of the constitution was also amended at the meeting to state that a vice president planning to seek an executive office in the fall term cannot supervise the general elections. In such cases, the executive board would appoint a former council member to supervise the election, provided that the member makes a binding promise not to seek a council-wide office in the spring term...
...study by the Twentieth Century Fund concluded that school boards have become an obstacle to reform. The study further recommends that in large cities especially, school board members should not be elected, but appointed by the mayor or city manager. Such executives are elected by legitimate majorities after open and well-publicized campaigns; school boards they appoint are in a way more accountable than those selected in bogus elections...
...current term ends in early summer. White had not been one of the more memorable justices, but he had provided a swing vote that pushed the court in a conservative direction on such issues as abortion and church-state relations. His retirement will give Clinton an opportunity to appoint a Justice (New York Governor Mario Cuomo? Legal scholar Laurence Tribe?) who might help turn the court in a far more liberal direction. And the President has some time to ponder his choice and line up support. He need not have an appointee confirmed until the court's next term begins...
...clear the President really admired him." Despite their differences over such issues as abortion rights? Yes, says the aide: they shared in particular a deep admiration for President Kennedy, who had inspired Clinton with a desire to go into politics when he was a young student and who appointed White to the court. White is the only member of this Supreme Court to be named by a Democratic President, and, says a senior court official, "he said he really did prefer, given the choice, to retire when there was ((another)) Democrat as President." Clinton somehow apparently managed to confirm White...
Wagner said that students in the house have reacted favorably to Quincy's decision to appoint her and Chebotariov as tutors...