Word: appointer
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...judicial office becomes a public grant, it attracts those who seek a political plum rather than those who aspire to the heights of the legal profession." Ohio's William McCulloch noted that the 70 new judgeships, plus 19 vacancies, add up to 89 judges whom President Kennedy could appoint in his early months in office-more than Franklin Roosevelt or Harry Truman had appointed in their first four years...
...know," said Nik thoughtfully, "perhaps I ought to appoint some Smolensk men. The way things are now, half the government goes off to drown their sorrows every time Novogoro loses, and they're totally unfit for work the next morning...
...Swiss government cherishes its neutrality as a Saint Bernard guards its brandy cask. Last week, after scratching noisily and growling discreetly, the Swiss finally got across the point that they really did not want President Kennedy to appoint his old Palm Beach neighbor and friend, Millionaire Broker Earl E. T. Smith, as U.S. Ambassador to Bern. Smith's qualifications for the post were hardly self-evident. But Switzerland also had a technical objection: Smith's one venture into diplomacy was as Dwight Eisenhower's ambassador to Batista's Cuba; his appointment would embarrass the Swiss...
President Pusey said Tuesday that he has "no immediate plans to appoint someone else" as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Pusey took over the position when McGeorge Bundy was named special assistant to President Kennedy for national security affairs...
...help. With this in mind, the United Arab Republic's religion ministry will this year open a broadcasting station called the Voice of Islam-to do for religious affairs what the famed Voice of the Arabs now does for Cairo's political propaganda. Nasser also plans to appoint a religious attaché to every U.A.R. embassy or legation in Africa...