Word: appointive
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Some Jackson supporters continue to talk a hard line about what Mondale must do to win their man's enthusiastic backing. They say Jackson will demand that Mondale appoint key members of Jackson's staff to top campaign posts, grant Jackson considerable influence over how the party spends its voter-registration funds, and give him a voice in appointments to the party commission that will study changes in the rules for selecting Democratic convention delegates in 1988. Above all, they say, Mondale must make a public concession of some kind to Jackson?never mind if that further troubles Mondale...
...both his private meetings and public statements. Jackson, who also met with Beckel last week, is annoyed that he has not had any private meetings with Mondale. After Jackson carried his complaints about "unfair" election practices to Capitol Hill, House Speaker Tip O'Neill somewhat grudgingly agreed to appoint a commission of congressional Democrats, chaired by Arizona's Morris Udall, to study the issues. Jackson argued once again, and validly, that the unfairness of the delegate selection was shown by the fact that he had received 21% of Democratic primary votes but won only about...
...problem and say a broader membership will surface in a matter of time, but they caution against overt tokenism. Calkins says the board must avoid having a specific slot for a woman or minority. Heiskell adds that in recent years the Corporation has made a concerted effort to appoint a woman or minority but thus far has been unsuccessful. "Unfortunately one of the qualifications of being on the Corporation is having the time and energy to do it," he says. "If you go to a successful Black lawyer the chances of his being able to give that kind of time...
...report came a week after U.S. District Court Judge Harold Greene ruled that the Justice Department acted unlaw fully when it decided not to appoint a special prosecutor in the case. At the department's request, an appeals court has temporarily stayed the execution of Greene's order. Last week the court set June 20 as the date oral arguments will begin, making a resolution before the election likely...
...goes on the run from Tucker's persistent badgering ("I am a moving target," Golding has written in a confessional essay describing his own pursuit by eager scholars). Tucker tracks his prey to a resort in the Swiss Alps and makes his pitch: "Wilf. I want you to appoint me your official biographer." He tacitly offers his beautiful but dim-witted wife to seal the bargain. Barclay resists this awkwardly staged temptation, but he winds up indebted to Tucker all the same. During a fogbound mountain walk, the author leans on a guardrail that collapses. Pulled to safety...