Word: appointment
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...fight it out in West Beirut. If Gemayel cannot form a new Cabinet acceptable both to his Christian supporters and to the Muslim militias that defeated his army last week, he will have virtually no chance of staying in power. One probable scenario would be for Gemayel to appoint a Cabinet of military officers, as President Bishara Khoury did in 1952, then announce that he was resigning for the good of the country. An interim government might be headed by Army Commander Tannous, a Maronite Christian; a new Cabinet would serve as a caretaker government until the parliament elected...
...council last night approved a resolution calling the mayor to appoint three of their number to confer with the school committee about drawing up a plan which would extend the superintendent's contract, possibly until January...
Spence is the third straight economist appointed to fill what is generally considered to be Harvard's second most important academic post, succeeding Rosovsky and Lamont University Professor John T. Dunlop. There had been widespread Faculty speculation that Bok might appoint the first scientist ever in fill the post, but said in the end the decision came was best qualified...
...doves, a repetition of a standard line, this time ostensibly addressed to the people of the Soviet Union, that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought." Reagan deftly sidestepped one of his biggest political liabilities, giant budget deficits, by asking congressional leaders, including Democrats, to appoint representatives who would negotiate with the White House on how to reduce them...
...with the formation of a search committee in December to appoint a replacement, it appears that Cabot is now only one of about 20 names being considered for the Corporation post...