Word: appointment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...land the city government's legal advertising, a plum that had long been shared by the two papers. The new administration's most eloquent gesture, Jersey-fashion, was to fire a onetime Journal newsman who landed on the city payroll under Boss Kenny (TIME, March 25) and appoint a Hudson Dispatch reporter to a $7,500 police commission...
...hopes to restore some of its former honor to cheerleading by having the masters appoint outstanding juniors (not necessarily athletes) to the post in the spring of their junior year...
After rejecting immediate integration, the Council was told by President Larry R. Johnson '58 that he would appoint a committee to investigate the possibility of admitting Radcliffe members to Harvard organizations. Council members believed, however, that there would be "a lot of details" to be worked out before such integration could be realized...
Sheiks & Brothers. The crisis came when Army Chief Abu Nuwar, the playboy general and his onetime boon companion, told Hussein that if he did not appoint Abdel Halim Nimr as Premier, the army would force him to. Hussein acted. On signal, his men spread word in Zerka that Communists headed by Abu Nuwar were about to seize the royal palace and overthrow the King. The Moslem Brotherhood took charge of the streets; the Bedouin garrison began attacking officers and an infantry unit known to support Abu Nuwar. They fought first with stones and rifle butts, later with bullets. Twelve...
...cited constitutional history to prove that firmer checks are needed on the executive branch. Under the present constitution, Ossorio Arana pointed out the President can in effect legislate by decree during the seven months of the year when Congress is adjourned. He can also remove elected provincial governors and appoint interventors in their place-a power often abused in the past...