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Simon still has the solid support of President Nixon-so much so that Nixon is expected to appoint Simon Secretary of the Treasury later this spring when George Shultz is likely to step down. He has also earned high marks from a group who might be considered Simon's natural enemies: liberal Democrats in Congress. Says Illinois Senator Adlai Stevenson III: "He's doing everything possible in a situation that's nearly impossible...
Though Gomes attributes his success to the changing times, many of the new Memorial Church regulars oppose the Stendahl report only because of Gomes himself--they want Harvard to appoint him the official minister. They seem to be part of congregation attracted to a church more by the preacher than the God inside...
...Johnson against charges of fraud in a Senate primary election that L.B.J. won by a contested 87 votes. In 1960 Jaworski was L.B.J.'s attorney in suits that sought to prevent him from running simultaneously for Vice President and for Senator. When L.B.J. was President, he wanted to appoint Jaworski Attorney General. But sensitive to charges of cronyism, the President reluctantly named Ramsey Clark instead. By conservative Texas standards, in fact, Jaworski has often been a maverick. He defended a liberal school-board member who was under furious attack from conservatives, and he was chosen to prosecute former Mississippi...
...income from the fund given by Miss Draper was not sufficient to appoint a lecturer annually and it was decided to make an appointment every other year for one semester only. Under this system the University had for the next twenty years a series of distinguished visiting professors including among others Giorgio Spini, Roberto Lopez, Arnaldo Momigliano, Carlo Dionisotti and Federigo Zeri...
...program is still very much in the planning stage, but it's set up so that we can put it into effect by degrees," Bryant said. "Our next move will be to appoint a director who can coordinate our effort...