Word: appointing
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...have called repeatedly on the Corporation, Harvard's seven-man governing body, to appoint a woman or minority who is genuinely in touch with Harvard's 167,000 alumni and students. Such a choice will add a crucial viewpoint to the University, especially when it must deal with pressing issues ranging from minority faculty hiring to admission of Asian-Americans. Now, the Corporation has two empty seats it can use to bring in a woman or minority and end its existence as an all-white male committee made up of representatives from the old boy network...
Baker had preferred that Bush appoint a troika consisting of Fuller, Sununu and campaign pollster Bob Teeter, who together would bring the necessary Washington experience, negotiating ability and personal clout to the job -- much like Reagan's first-term team of Baker, Michael Deaver and Ed Meese. But Bush was determined to show his independence. While some members of the transition team seemed thrilled to see the President-elect make a bold decision, others recalled that Bush was not always at his best on his own. Said a skeptical adviser: "There was a lot about this week that was reminiscent...
Last year, the faculty elected a six-member committee to advise President Bok on the dean selection. Bok has said he hopes to appoint a successor to Vorenberg by January...
...move allows for senior appointments," said Celia M. Kent, an FAS physical planning analyst. She added that, now, the English Department "can appoint new faculty and have room for them...
...intent upon cutting them back. With three liberal justices poised for retirement, the next president, in effect, will cast the deciding votes. Bush supported the nomination of Robert Bork and he cast the tie-breaking Senate vote confirming reactionary Daniel Manion as a federal judge. He certainly would appoint justices who would send civil rights and civil liberties spinning backwards...