Word: appointment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter administration "will have a more direct pipeline to responsible judgements about southern Africa," Williams said, adding that he is interested in seeing whom Carter will appoint to African affairs policy posts...
...world's richest women (estimated fortune: between $100 million and $200 million); widow of Edsel Ford and mother of Henry Ford II; in Detroit. After her husband's death in 1943, Mrs. Ford forced her father-in-law, Ford Motor Co. Founder Henry Ford, to appoint her eldest son (then only 28) as the firm's new president. At the time, she controlled 54% of the company's voting stock and threatened to sell her shares on the open market if young Henry did not get the job. Strong-willed in private but self-effacing...
...council would be chaired by a white and all decisions would require a two-thirds majority, giving the whites--who are outnumbered more than 20 to one in the population--the ability to veto any real challenges to their privileged political and economic status. The state council would appoint a majority black council of ministers, but defense and internal security ministries would remain under white control. Meanwhile, with the military and police forces of the state in white hands, black liberation fighters are supposed to put down their arms. Such an arrangement does not seem likely to produce real transition...
...Ford-Dole presidential ticket [Aug. 30] will be tough. Democrats should return to their battle stations. And Jimmy Carter should not ship his furniture or appoint his Cabinet...
...dark horse. "You remember how the President used to talk about wanting to feel 'comfortable' with his 'guys,' his 'team'?" commented a close associate. "Well, in the final analysis, he just felt more comfortable with Bob Dole than with the others. Two years ago, when called upon to appoint a Vice President, his personal choice was Don Rumsfeld; his choice for the sake of the party was George Bush; but Rocky was the best man to bring the country together behind him. This time around he figures he's got all three in one." That remains to be seen...