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...poor and the passage of a bill for highway construction funds: "Pretty soon there won't be a poor farm in America without a paved road leading to it." In his parody of Coolidge's State of the Union Message, Rogers had Coolidge say. "I'm going to appoint a committee to stop all that small graft. It's grown to such proportions that it's getting in the way of large graft...
...Howell's first steps was to set up five Muskie campaign headquarters in his region and appoint a campaign chairman in each of his counties. Then, working with road maps, a pocketful of dimes for pay-phone calls, and tips from an ever-widening circle of political contacts, Howell began rounding up troops and votes. On a weekend stop at the University of Florida, he persuaded three students to run for delegate on a Muskie slate. One recent morning, he kept an appointment with a Jacksonville attorney who was interested in Muskie, then asked to use the phone...
...steering committee had earlier sought to have the University appoint and pay a coordinator to represent the four Harvard-Radcliffe child care centers now in operation. It had also sought full University benefits for employees of the four centers, as well as free janitorial service...
Originally intended as a largely ceremonial post, the presidency of Italy has grown in power and prestige as successive postwar Cabinet coalitions have proved incapable of dealing with the nation's problems. The President has the authority to appoint the Premier and his ministers, to help set the tone of foreign and domestic policy by his appointments, and to cow squabbling politicians by threatening to call elections at almost any time. He also has the ability to plunge Italian politics into months of utter chaos every seven years by the mere process of getting himself elected. Avoiding Snipers. Last...
...Faculty voted that Harvard as an institution would not participate in the Project but that individual faculty members could. Two years, $4 million, and several dozen research contracts later, Harvard is as deeply involved as if the Faculty hadn't rejected the proposal--except that the President cannot appoint Harvard representatives to the Project's two ineffectual advisory committees. The Project goes on, but by opting for a low profile and avoiding publicity, it has been all but forgotten...