Word: memorandum
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Last year, former President Bill Clinton issued an executive memorandum on international education. The memorandum instructed federal agencies to work together on a coherent approach to international education. One of the fruits of that memorandum was the nation's first-ever "international education week." For a week last fall, schools across the country engaged in special international education activities...
When Bush sent the memorandum requiring full business attire from his staff at all times, we knew that the tone of the office environment was going to shift from the hurly-burly of the Clinton era. But this is simply going too far. Bush’s time-tested aproach to leadership, as is evidenced by his time-nearly-expired cabinet, seems to have crowded the younger generation out of the Old Executive Office Building...
...starting work as Justice Robert Jackson’s law clerk. Rehnquist offers details of nearly everything: the drive in a small blue Studebaker from his parents’ home in Wisconsin, the seemingly endless steps up the Supreme Court building, his first glimpse of the courtroom, his first memorandum to recommend whether a hearing should be granted for a certain case. Though interesting, the pace of the first chapter seems to creep along interminably...
...INDONESIA Censure President Abdurrahman Wahid appeared before Indonesia's parliament to answer a censure motion over financial scandals involving $6.1 million. "I don't accept the memorandum [of censure]," he said. "This answer is important to maintain dignity over these baseless allegations." But opposition leaders warned that the response was unlikely to save him from moves toward impeachment, which could come in August...
...When Weinig petitioned DOJ for a commuted sentenced last April, U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White of New York - whose office also indicted Rich - objected. Justice pardon attorney Roger Adams agreed, and so did Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, who sent a formal memorandum to White House counsel Beth Nolan with the department's negative views...