Word: appointing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Visiting lecturer Vincent S. R. Brandt, who presently teaches one of the three course, says that "there is a political question involved" in the still unfilled chair. He says, "General feeling was that it was awkward to take the money and appoint an activist [against the Korean government], but on the other hand it was not in Harvard's interest to appoint an apologist for the South Korean government...
...Comrade Deputies, on instructions from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union I submit the proposal to appoint as Chairman of the Council of Ministers . . . Comrade Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin. We all know Nikolai Alexandrovich...
...President Reagan's friends are still unemployed, he should appoint them to a committee to study this problem. Perhaps seeing him, Kennedy-esque, at the helm instead of on horseback on his next vacation would be the patriotic boost this country needs. Instead of spending billions of dollars on redundant missile systems, the White House could reroute some of that money to fund junior high school sailing programs. The President should make a firm committment that the U.S. will reclaim the Cup and never lose it again...
...groups would also try to resolve any conflict between parents and doctors over how to proceed. Should parents refuse to approve treatment that would clearly benefit their child, the committee could ask state agencies and courts to appoint a guardian...
...funeral. Instead, officials decided that the "proper" representative was Michael Armacost, the U.S. Ambassador in Manila. Likewise, Reagan decided not to cancel his November visit too hastily. Such a move, officials argued, would amount to prejudging Marcos. Washington, however, did put considerable pressure on the Philippine President to appoint an independent committee to investigate the murder and "swiftly and vigorously track down the perpetrators of this political assassination .. . and punish them to the full extent of the law." The move put some space between Washington and Manila and left open the possibility that Reagan could say no to the visit...