Word: selecter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...effect on the Democratic race. Rivals did fear that he could eventually become a serious threat, since his hot oratory made him stand out from a rather bland field. But he was running near the bottom of national polls among Democrats. He had done better in Iowa, which will select the first delegates to the Democratic Convention in caucuses next Feb. 8, but even there his support seems likely to scatter too widely to make much difference. Analysis of the second choices of probable caucus-goers polled by the Des Moines Register indicates Gephardt, Dukakis and Jesse Jackson might...
...ruling blocks the city from making police promotions until a hearing resolves the question of whether the exam used to select candidates in 1985 was fairly administered. Fifteen officers who failed that test are suing the city and the state Department of Personnel, charging that the Cambridge Police Department manipulated their grades so that exactly 20 officers would qualify to become sergeants...
...issue will come to a head next month when the 13th Communist Party Congress meets to select the country's top leaders. In secret ballots last month, grass-roots party members reportedly rejected several prominent taizi pai as delegates. Among them: Chen Yuan, the son of Politburo Member Chen Yun and a member of the standing committee of the Peking Municipal Party, and Chen Haosu, Vice Minister of Radio, Film and Television and son of the late Marshal Chen Yi. Yet neither is finished in politics. Insiders expect Chen Yuan to be named Deputy Party Secretary in Peking, while Chen...
...GOOD to be back in the pages of Cambridge's only breakfast table daily, and for those of you who aren't on my select mailing list, here's a brief summary of what I've been doing this summer...
Some of the interns are also good ballplayers. These select few command high stipends from willing Intern Coordinators who know prestige in D.C. is a function of softball records. With this in mind, they comb through thousands of resumes, basing their choices on recommendations from local coaches...