Word: appointing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard would be crazy to appoint this man president," says Jeffrey Hart, professor of English and a member of the board of directors of The Review. "He is personally unstable. He is a liar...The few faculty members I've spoken to think it's mind-boggling that Harvard is considering...
...important that students learn to understand and appreciate the diverse cultures of the world, important that students from all those cultures be sought out and encouraged, and important that all students experience faculty and administrators from those cultures in positions of authority. The president must take action--not merely appoint committees--to make sure these things occur with increasing frequency in the near future...
Adiele, who is Black, said she thought the decision to appoint her was indicative of a new sensibility on the part of Radcliffe. "Education for Action deals with multi-cultural issues, and as an alum of the program and a person of color, my appointment shows this change in attitude...
...more than 100 angry postal employees converged on City Hall last night, the City Council called on the U.S. government to appoint a congressional commission to investigate widespread delivery problems in the Cambridge mail system...
...everyone buys this theory. Some complain that debt is more of a distraction than a disciplinarian. Managers can become so absorbed with cutting costs and staying one step ahead of creditors that they often neglect day-to-day operations. Some companies, including Harcourt, appoint executives whose sole duty is to manage debt. Says Peter Jovanovich: "The Superman approach doesn't work. If the CEO tries to do it all, deal with the bankers and run the business, he'll probably do it all badly...