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...vital role in any future U.S. attack on Iraq. But assembling a new government may be far from easy. Turkey has a proliferation of political parties, all hierarchical and resistant to change. None has a commanding majority that might make Sezer's task easier if he needs to appoint a caretaker prime minister before the next elections take place. And, critically, under Turkey's complicated electoral laws, a party needs to win more than 10% of the national vote to qualify for any seats in parliament. While Cem would clearly like to succeed Ecevit, other parties also are interested...
...President herself now seems to realize that her husband's burgeoning power poses a p.r. problem. She has steadfastly resisted his numerous requests?sometimes voiced in public, most recently in an interview with the influential newsweekly Tempo?to appoint one of his own closest aides to the critical post of Cabinet Secretary, the official who acts as the chief intermediary between the President and her Cabinet and thus wields tremendous influence over policy decisions. "She knows that if she gives in on this that Taufik will control everything," says a source close to Megawati. Even Taufik loyalists express concern...
...school board with no prior warning. "It would have been nice if he?d come to talk to us first," says Superintendent Dave Gordon. Doing it all on his own, however, was Newdow?s speciality. He insisted on representing himself even when California?s Ninth circuit court tried to appoint an attorney for him. He would come home from the ER at 6pm and study case law on the Internet until 3am. "It started out as a hobby," says Newdow. "I was passionate about it. I knew I was right." But he was not entirely motivated by altruism...
Summers cites Kirby’s dedication to faculty recruitment as a key factor in his decision to appoint Kirby...
...major task ahead of Summers is faculty building, as members of this generation of faculty retire,” Gomes observes. “He has to appoint faculty responsibly for the next decade...