Word: appointive
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...sides hope they have found a way to save the marriage. Chevalier and Racamier have agreed to turn control of Moet Vuitton over to a newly formed twelve-member supervisory board consisting mainly of major investors in the company. To run day-to-day operations, the supervisory board will appoint a management committee of up to seven members that will include both Chevalier and Racamier. The old titles of chairman and vice chairman will be done away with, and the two men will have an equal voice in management...
Since its earliest days, the Reagan Administration has made no secret of its desire to appoint federal judges who oppose abortion. Early last week that strategy paid off. In a 7-to-3 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a Minnesota law that requires women under 18 who want abortions to notify both parents or get approval from a judge. Six of the seven judges in the majority were Reagan appointees...
...vice president also thinks that his promise to appoint a Hispanic to his cabinet will attract Hispanic voters. But it's a question of dessert before the dinner. Bush must still address why Hispanics still suffer from poverty and unemployment in a nation that according to President Reagan, prospers from low unemployment and lower interest rates...
Only 500 or so blacks sit among the nearly 13,000 judges currently on the / bench nationwide. Many are found in states where judges are elected rather than appointed. "I never would have been a judge if I sat around waiting for someone to appoint me. I went out and got myself elected," says Justice Kenneth N. Browne, who was first elected to the New York Supreme Court in 1973 and is an outspoken advocate of the need for more black judges. "No judge is infallible. They all bring to their jobs their predilections and their experiences," says Browne. "There...
...Following an extensive national search, Dr. [S. Allen] Counter of Harvard University was offered and accepted the position of president of Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York. On Monday June 27, the board of trustees of CUNY voted unanimously to appoint Dr. Counter president of Medgar Evers College. Dr. Counter is discussing with CUNY the terms and conditions of employment for the position...