Word: appointment
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...Moroccan independence movement. One exception were the Tafilalet Berbers, led by Chief Addi ou Bihi, who sided with exiled Sultan Mohammed ben Youssef. When Ben Youssef was restored to the throne in 1955 to become the first Sultan of Free Morocco, one of his first acts was to appoint Addi ou Bihi Governor of Tafilalet province, a vast domain between the Sahara desert and the Atlas mountains in southeast Morocco...
Ever since his visits to Moscow and Peking last fall, Sukarno has been touting the idea of "guided democracy." Just what "guided democracy" is, Sukarno has never made entirely clear. He provided a broad clue fortnight ago, however, when he announced that he was planning to appoint a presidential advisory council which, according to palace aides, would have final say over all acts of Parliament and, presumably, the Cabinet. "In no way," smiled Sukarno, "will this be a dictatorship...
Shortly before he left office last week, Texas Governor Allan Shivers answered a question that had intrigued Texans since Election Day: Would he appoint a Republican to the Senate seat of incoming Governor Price Daniel? To the Senate, Shivers, an Eisenhower Democrat, sent canny William Arvis Blakley, 58, a Dallas tycoon who is also an Eisenhower Democrat. When newsmen sought out the appointee with an obvious question, shy Billy Blakley handed them an unequivocal answer: he was a lifelong Democrat, would vote that way in any attempt to reorganize the Senate...
Linked by an elaborate communications network, 14 specialists on both floors, each equipped with a phone and a speaker, can complete trading in any of Pacific Coast's 540 listed stocks within 15 seconds. Each of the two exchanges will retain its own officers and employees, appoint four representatives to Pacific Coast's board of governors, alternate the post of chairman between the two cities. Chairman for the first year: William H. Agnew, partner of San Francisco's Shuman, Agnew...
...Green, now the Senate's dean, is 89. If he should retire or die during Del Sesto's administration, the new governor would likely appoint Republican Bayard Ewing, 40, a Providence lawyer and Republican National Committeeman...