Word: appointment
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...council's report on the ACSR primarily called on Bok to relinquish veto power over representatives selected to the ACSR and to make the body more democratic and accountable to the members' constituencies through elections. Currently, widely varying bodies either elect or appoint alumni, student and faculty representatives, and faculty and alumni appointments are subject to Bok's approval...
There are two strands to Tribe's argument. First, he argues that presidents and the Senate should attempt to appoint people on the basis of broad philosophical orientations and not particular issues. Second, the Senate and President should attempt to balance the court by not appointing too many liberals or too many conservatives...
Reagan has argued that he would like to appoint justices who are concerned with protecting the rights of fetuses, allowing school prayer, being tough on criminals and soft on race discrimination. But if that were all that a justice had to deal with, then the court Reagan might appoint would be competently conservative...
Weston's three town selectman will now appoint a special committee to study possible uses for the land. Harvard officials said they expect to close the deal with Weston by January
They say, for example, that the department has perennially rejected graduate student requests to appoint new or visiting faculty members to provide a "meaningful alternative" to professors implicated for sexual harassment...