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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...
...Klerk maintains publicly that the police force is basically sound. But he indicated that he would consider proposals by religious leaders to appoint monitors to observe police behavior, and eventually create a new force to deal with unrest...
...this week the case will be back in court; the Illinois Supreme Court has ordered the lower court to appoint guardians to represent all three children and determine what would be in their best interest. "Instead of deciding which parent's view will prevail," notes Harvard law professor Alan Stone, "the court is suggesting that the children need their own legal representation...
...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...