Word: appointed
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...under a new plan, the president could appoint a Provost, who would take up many of the dean's academic duties. The Dean of FAS will then be able to focus on fundraising--something former Dean A. Michael Spence found was consuming disproportionate amounts of time...
...Rudman resigned as attorney general and four years later ran for a Senate seat. Thomson reluctantly went along with Rudman's advice to appoint Souter to the job. Over the next two years Souter became involved in several controversial cases, largely at Thomson's behest. In 1978 Souter's staff defended the Governor in a suit to prevent him from lowering the American and state flags over state buildings on Good Friday. In another Thomson crusade, Souter's staff unsuccessfully defended the state's attempts to prosecute residents who for religious reasons covered up the state motto -- "Live Free...
...chance to appoint a young conservative such as David H. Souter '61 grants Bush the opportunity to give the court a rightward jolt that could last for decades. And with two other liberal justices ripe for retirement, a Bush Court could firmly implant the conservative agenda in the American judicial system...
...willing. With all the publicity surrounding young Bush, the FDIC may feel pressure to push its suit to partially recover from the directors and officers of Silverado the $1 billion loss to taxpayers. On Friday Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee asked the Justice Department to appoint a special prosecutor to handle the Silverado case; but at least one of the members, Edward F. Feighan of Ohio, abruptly withdrew from the effort after G.O.P. leaders threatened to seek the appointment of another special prosecutor to investigate the actions of former Democratic leaders...
...fall, Bourassa says, he will appoint a nonpartisan commission to begin a public debate on the province's future. He will include members of the National Assembly, labor, business and community leaders. Though it is too early to say for sure, he does not rule out the idea of a referendum on the commission's proposals. Next March a constitutional commission of his Quebec Liberal Party will complete an outline of the conditions under which Quebec will remain in Canada. In an interview with TIME last week, Bourassa expressed interest in the European Community, where jealously sovereign states like France...