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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...many, the words of his inaugural address-"I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over"-signaled a new era in racial relations not just in Georgia but in the entire South. It was more than rhetoric. Carter was the first Georgia Governor to appoint large numbers of blacks to important posts in the state. He startled Georgia's rednecks by ordering a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. hung alongside likenesses of prominent whites in the Georgia state capitol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Why Carter Wins the Black Vote | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

Stendahl said it is not yet clear how many research associates in women's studies the school will be able to appoint for next year, although he said he is "quite sure we will have two or three...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Divinity School May Halve Women's Studies Program | 3/18/1976 | See Source »

...Democrats' eleven ward committees will choose from a slate consisting of conservative incumbent Francis R. Burns and four reform challengers. City Manager James L. Sullivan will then appoint one of the three to the Election Commission...

Author: By Steven A. Gield, | Title: Cambridge Elections | 2/12/1976 | See Source »

...COMMISSION. Under the 1974 law, an eight-member Federal Election Commission was set up to oversee and enforce its provisions. The court ordered that the commission be dissolved in 30 days unless all of its members were appointed by the President, instead of just two under the present stat ute. The other six are four members appointed by Congress, plus the Secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House. There was the rub. According to the court, Congress may not appoint a body with enforcement powers; only the Executive can set up such a commission. A number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUPREME COURT: The Money Game: Changing the Rules | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

Iseman, said that in the wake of the Parkers' resignation the board will appoint a "self-review" committee, as well as a joint student-faculty-trustee committee charged with seeking a new president for the college...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Bennington Board Replaces Parker With a Trustee | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

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