Word: panels
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Administration has indeed selected from among each panel's nominees. The ten appellate court judges thus far chosen are all Democratic, liberal or moderate politically, and well qualified for the bench. But in at least four cases, political connections eased the way, and four other appointments promoted district judges previously named under predominantly political sponsorship. For example, Robert Vance, nominee for the Fifth Circuit, is the longtime Alabama Democratic Party chairman; Tennessee's Gilbert Merritt had contributed to Democratic Senator James Sasser's 1976 campaign (as had Merritt's two minor children); Thomas Tang of Arizona...
...embarrassment in September when Carter announced the nomination of Monroe McKay, 49, a Brigham Young University law professor, for a Utah-allotted vacancy on the Tenth Circuit Court. McKay's brother is Representative Gunn McKay, a Democrat close to House Speaker Tip O'Neill. The nominating panel had McKay on its list, but a poll of the Utah State Bar Commission had ranked Salt Lake City Attorney David Watkiss al the top. Utah's two Republican Senators even congratulated Watkiss. Then Representative McKay approached O'Neill, who approached Carter. This week McKay's nomination...
...conference also included a panel discussion on "lifestyle decisions,"and four workshops led by panels of both men and women...
Earlier in the conference, John D. Deardourff, chairman of the board of a political consulting firm, said in a panel discussion it is "dangerous for women to conceal their career interests, or lack of interest for housekeeping or child-rearing...
Susan Rosbrow, psychologist and panel moderator, said the easiest time for mothers to leave a child for work is either just after the child is born, or when the child is six years...