Word: appointing
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Rudenstine's colleagues say that he is close to making a final decision as to whether or not he will appoint a provost. For now, they say, he is continuing to gather reactions to the idea from members of the University community...
Rudenstine's colleagues say that he is close to making a final decision as to whether or not he will appoint a provost. For now, they say, he is continuing to gather reactions to the idea from members of the University community...
...some, Thomas' nomination looks cynical, a way for the Bush Administration to appoint a black whom civil rights groups and liberal Democrats would look churlish opposing while at the same time sticking to its efforts to pull back on civil rights programs. Jim Cicconi, a former senior official in the Administration who handled civil rights issues, explains the bind Thomas' critics are in: "It's going to be difficult for liberals on the Senate Judiciary Committee to go after Clarence Thomas for not being sufficiently sensitive to the interests of blacks and the disadvantaged, since he has been both...
...would lead to the use of racial quotas. But his aides say he is considering applying a form of reverse discrimination to the nation's highest court. "There's a part of George Bush that's very stubborn and that bridles at the idea that he is expected to appoint a black man to replace a black man," says a senior White House official. But in private, the President's advisers are almost unanimous in predicting that he will not appoint another white male. "We can certainly get away, politically, with a good Hispanic nominee," says another Bush adviser...
Eager to show Washington that he is willing to embrace at least some democratic principles, Fahd announced plans in April to appoint a Consultative Council to advise the policymaking Council of Ministers. By Western democratic standards, the proposal is modest. But in the autocratic gulf region, any step to broaden participation in government is radical. Fahd first proposed a Consultative Council more than a decade ago, but shelved the initiative when the Iranian revolution aroused fears of regional instability...