Word: appointing
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...make-up of Harvard's cadre of American political experts is in a state of flux. One scholar this year accepted a lifetime post in the department, and two others are currently weighing such offers, said Government Department Chairman Robert D. Putnam. He also said the department plans to appoint two more senior faculty members within the next few years...
...White House last May, said James F. Hinchman, the GAO deputy general counsel, who testified last week before the investigations subcommittee chaired by Democratic Congressman John Dingell of Michigan. For example, said Hinchman, Deaver actively supported a proposal, later accepted by the Reagan Administration, that the U.S. and Canada appoint special envoys to deal with the acid-rain problem. Less than a week after he quit his White House job, Deaver began talks with Canadian officials that eventually led to a $105,000 contract to lobby for Canada...
David Martin, head of the Office of Government Ethics, referred the case to the Justice Department on the same day that President Reagan said he thinks it is "ridiculous" to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Deaver...
Under the Ethics of Government Act, Meese must respond within 30 days and tell the senators whether he has asked the court to appoint an independent counsel, or, if not, why Smith said...
Professor Dershowitz in discussing the award by the Kennedy School to Attorney General Meese states, inter alia, that it is unwise for a President to appoint a crony as attorney general...