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SEVERAL STUDENTS also criticized Jones angrily during the meeting for his failure to consult the graduate students before the decision was made to abolish the STS program...
...Russians were impressed by the smoothly functioning, youthful White House staff. The openness of the operation, the freewheeling ways of the press astonished Soviets accustomed to older, more staid bureaucrats. The Americans, on the other hand, got a glimpse of decision making in the Kremlin: the constant need to consult, the subtle jockeying among lesser leaders to get closer to the center of power, Brezhnev...
...research associates will also consult experts in the field, Congressional personnel, interest groups, and past party platforms in defining the issues in their areas. After a series of rough drafts, each researcher will submit proposed platform language to the drafting subcommittee for alternative positions on his topic...
Despite the urging of reformers, the new norms preserve the intermediary role of the papal representative in each country, who investigates nominees and can also make nominations of his own. The once formidable power of that representative, however, is somewhat diluted. He must now consult with churchmen of the country, and may confer with laymen as well. Throughout all of the procedures, the rules re-emphasize the requirement of "papal secrecy," which forbids the revelation of nominees' names to anyone not involved in the process. The secrecy, says the Vatican, "is demanded by the very nature of the matter...
...Johannes Gijsen of the Dutch diocese of Roermond, who was selected over the nominees of the diocesan chapter. Three days after the Vatican announced the new rules, Gijsen made clear how he felt about all the options. On personnel decisions in his diocese, said the new bishop, he will consult nobody but himself...