Word: appoints
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...then both factions may decide that a Humphrey-Kennedy ticket is preferable to another Humphrey-Kennedy duel. And if Humphrey should succeed to the White House between elections, as eight Vice Presidents have done before him, the presidential-succession amendment (already ratified by 28 states) would empower him to appoint his own Vice President. His choice might well be a Kennedy...
...Foley Jr., who is usually critical of the Mayor's proposals, bluntly stated his opinion of the report yesterday: "It's just another power grab by Collins." "The fact that the proposal allows commission members to serve on other agencies at the same time probably means that Collins will appoint (BBA administrator Edward) Logue or officials who owe him allegiance for other jobs to it," he said...
...seven months the President had saddled Bill Moyers, his No. 1 assistant and man Friday, with the added job of White House press secretary. Last week he lightened Moyers' load by appoint ing a deputy to take over the bulk of the day-to-day news tasks. The $28,500 job went to Robert H. Fleming, 54, Washington bureau chief for the American Broadcasting...
There were other, even more highly personalized elements: Curry's refusal to appoint Councillor Bernard Goldberg's father as city soliciter, and Councillor William Maher's brush with Crane and Curry in a dispute that followed his unsuccessful campaign in 1963. With the deep personality splits and with Crane's deep personal attachment to Curry, the prospect of compromise was slim in the beginning and almost non-existent...
...personal frictions, however, is not to deny that there were substantive issues dividing the two groups. The majority claimed that Curry had failed to provide the City with sufficiently energetic leadership. Publically, they criticized his slowness on capital improvements, and privately they complained that he had been reluctant to appoint a top-level assistant city manager to help in the job. They felt that Curry had taken on too much for himself; and, as a result, important tasks were being left either undone or half-done...