Word: appointing
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...could say 'in your face' and appoint someone as conservative as Chavez; or he could lick his wounds and pick someone more moderate that labor could get a long with. Generally, a president is given more of a break on a second nominee. To get this first debacle off the headlines, Bush will be more advised to pick a moderate. Or make the political masterstroke of picking a Democrat, although I don't think there's much chance of that right...
More likely is that Bush would use subtler means to compromise Clinton's legacy. He could appoint agency chiefs who would hold up environment-protection plans, and omit funds in his budgets for projects drawn up by Clinton, leaving them to die on the vine. Unsympathetic officials could slow down the cleanup of PCBs from the Hudson and the implementation of the Kyoto climate-change treaty by sheer foot dragging...
...whites do not appoint black leaders. If they did, Colin Powell or some other outstanding African American would have the title. Jesse Jackson - a shameless hypemeister, a genius of self-promotion with a talent for survival and a gift for grifting silly old whitey - stays in business because of a complex racial physics dictating that his viability as a black spokesman/agitator stands in direct proportion to the extent he succeeds in infuriating white folks and, from time to time, shaking them down. He infuriates. He reconciles. The check comes forward in its smiling envelope...
...lose these members' dedication and expertise. Unfortunately, however, the election rules, which explicitly forbade seniors from running for positions on the interim committee, may have arbitrarily excluded those undergraduates with the most institutional knowledge. In addition to working with the six staff members and graduates whom Pryor will appoint, the members of the Task Force would do well to seek the input of these seniors so that the value of their experience is not lost...
...original announcement, IOP director and former Sen. David H. Pryor had indicated that he would appoint the committee chairs for the coming semester. We are glad that he did not do so, as the election process provides for more openness than would a hand-picking the leadership--especially after Pryor's sudden November decision to dissolve SAC altogether. However, this about-face itself serves as a reminder that students need a strong voice and permanent role at the institute. In this light, the IOP's elections are a positive sign; the more decisions that are reached by open deliberation with...