Word: appointing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...alarming prospect is one of the few remaining monarchs who is more than merely decorative. At 41, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Shahanshah (King of Kings) of Iran, is undisputed boss of his nation. "His Imperial Majesty is above everything," a Teheran newspaper recently explained to its readers. "Constitutionally. he can appoint or dismiss a Premier as he sees fit. He can also dissolve parliament if he so chooses. He decides on which projects his country needs, bills that should be presented for passage by the legislature, and on the conduct generally of home and foreign policy...
...trained Chehab really long so badly for the Riviera? Fellow officers recalled that, as a general, he had more than once "resigned" to get his way. Now he seemed in no hurry to appoint Salam to the coveted premiership. And after last week's rousing demonstration, every Lebanese politician knew that, whoever the Premier and whoever the Cabinet members. Fuad Chehab had proved that he was the country's indispensable...
Labor & Agriculture. Step up automation, start broad new programs to retrain workers displaced by machines, empower the President to appoint arbitrators to settle lengthy strikes, gradually remove all farm-production controls and replace "the obsolete concept of parity" with support prices based on overall prices in the modern economy, help marginal farmers find other jobs, expand the "Food for Peace'' surplus-export program...
...breakup of the underground Can Lao party, with its intricate business and police connections; 3) merit promotions in the armed forces-eight of the army's 17 generals are political appointees; 4) some delegation of authority by Diem, who must learn either to trust his ministers or to appoint ministers he can trust; 5) sanction for a democratic opposition...
...Minus New York's Tom Dewey, Republican presidential candidate in 1944 and 1948 and a Nixon in '60 man, who will miss his first convention in 20 years because, as he told Rocky with a straight face, he has business appoint ments in Europe...