Word: appointer
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...pope's longevity has allowed him to appoint all but five of the 135 cardinals designated to choose his successor. And that, as much as his theological and evangelical legacy over the past 25 years, will have remade the Catholic Church in his image when he passes from this Earth. Even then, it is unlikely that his successor will be even remotely like him, if for no other reason that the combination of gifts, passions and experiences Karol Wojtyla brought to the Holy See a truly unique personification of the role of "God's pastor," whose afterglow will inspire...
...rankles especially is Bush's almost total lack of grace about the extraordinary way he took office. Theft aside, he indisputably got fewer votes than the other guy, our guy. We expected some soothing bipartisan balm. There was none, even after 9/11. (Would it have been that hard to appoint a Democrat as head of Homeland Security, in a "bring us together" spirit...
...passed along for a presidential stamp of approval—which rarely went against the faculty’s vote. Under the new system—which is in line with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Kennedy School of Government tenure processes—Summers will now appoint an ad hoc committee to review each case brought for tenure review. This committee, also chaired by Summers, will include experts from outside HLS who can objectively judge a candidate’s qualifications. If approved by the committee, the candidate will be brought to a vote...
...White House still has some muscle with the Israelis, it has less and less with the Palestinians. Washington pressed Abu Ala to appoint an emergency Cabinet that would take control of the Palestinian security apparatus and crack down on Hamas and other radical groups, but Abu Ala backed down under pressure from Arafat and others. Some in the Administration wondered whether the new Prime Minister was already compromised. "The U.S. has made it pretty clear," says this official, "that we won't support someone who is the voice of Yasser Arafat...
...reasoning is faulty, and belies the premise of law in our society that the Constitution does, in fact, trump an appealing, easy solution. The Staff’s position is analogous to arguing that the Sixth Amendment can be overlooked because a state does not have the resources to appoint public defenders for indigent defendants. Regarding affirmative action, an ideologically worthy goal, the point system is scary indeed...