Word: establish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Politically, to re-establish the legitimacy of the Government in the eyes of the people...
Brimmer, a former member of the Federal Reserve Board and a former director of the Du Pont Company, was appointed to the position in 1974 and was to remain until June 30, 1977. But in a statement issued last week, Brimmer said he was leaving to establish an economic and financial consulting firm in Washington, D.C., as an "outgrowth" of some of his outside activities...
...proceeded to establish himself as an expert in the field of international finance, and later became the first black man to serve as a member of the Federal Reserve Board...
...Ribicoff and California's Alan Cranston among them -the answer might well have been an emphatic no. Yet last week, acting out of a palpable frustration caused by the long trail of illegalities starting with Watergate, the Senate finally redeemed itself. By 72 to 22, it voted to establish a permanent committee to oversee the budgets and operations of all U.S. intelligence bureaus. The 15-member committee is expected to be in business by early June...
Those who wish to establish a fair and humane society should not begin by advocating unfair and inhumane programs which are counterproductive. People should be regarded as individuals standing on their own merit, rather than as members of races and minority groups. As a step in this direction, towards a fair and humane society, affirmative action quotas should be abolished...