Word: appointive
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...those rules are proposed to the Faculty by other groups such as CUE, the Core Standing Committee, a little known subcommittee of the Faculty Council--the Committee on the Administration of Educational Policy, the Committee on College Life, and such other committees as the Dean of the Faculty may appoint from time to time to consider particular aspects of the curriculum or College life. It could be argued, of course, that were the Administrative Board to be in the business of making policy as well as applying and interpreting it, that might be a conflict of interest...
...justice. Resnek doesn't buy that line. "At that level of politics," he says, "no deals are made--at least not with those on the periphery, and she's always been on the periphery." Nevertheless, Heckler did make quite a lot of noise about Sandra Day O'Connor's appointment to the Supreme Court, claiming it was she who'd made the President "premier" to appoint a woman. Whether it was her doing or not, the exchange of one woman justice for the ERA may not have been the best trade--off for American women...
Furthermore, the vacancy at 17 Quincy St. offered an ideal solution to the overcrowding at Massachusetts Hall, the result of Bok's decision to appoint five vice presidents instead of the traditional one. When the University's main governing board set up shop there, it relieved those concerned that "the library syndicate would move in and build a brand-new library complex," says a senior University official...
...mete out punishment. They went in there with the attitude that they would take no prisoners." The Justice Department already has instructed the local FBI office to look into the incident, while Democratic Congressman Harold Ford of Memphis called on Attorney General William French Smith to appoint a special team from Washington to conduct a comprehensive investigation...
DeWolf has asked a California superior court to appoint a trustee to protect his father's estate from the new leaders. In his court petition, DeWolf contends that his father, who he says has long suffered from "severe mental illness and physical disease," is either dead or "incompetent." DeWolf also charges that his father used "criminal means" to acquire "wealth, fame and power." In another California court, Scientology is seeking to recover three cartons containing about 5,000 Scientology documents. The papers were placed under court protection by Gerry Armstrong, 36, who was authorized in January 1980 by Hubbard...