Word: appointing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Much of the real power lies with the city manager; he appoints members of all City boards (planning board, recreation board, etc.), and all department heads. He plans the budget from which the Council has only the power to delete. Many temporary summer jobs fall under his jurisdiction, and even with civil service positions, he has a certain amount of discretion: usually he can take any of the top two or three candidates on an exam. He may also appoint someone to a temporary civil-service position until an exam is offered; the first appointee may very well...
...dissatisfaction with Curry's refusal--until Wednesday, at least--to appoint as assistant is reported to be one of the main reasons she has pledged to DeGuglielmo...
Curry said that he had always intended to appoint as assistant once the Wellington-Harrington urban renewal project in East Cambridge had been approved by the Council. That approval came Dec. 27, and Curry said that this was the first chance to appoint Saia...
...chain of events that led to the BRA concession began last summer, when a pre-election series of evictions on the site caused a flare-up of publicity which led Boston Mayor John F. Collins to appoint a blue-ribbon committee to study the issue...
...factual premise is incorrect. The Department of History has never lost a promising young man or failed to appoint anyone it wished from outside because of the lack of a slot for them. Oscar Handlin Chairman, Department of History