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"The number of people who have the required kinds of experience, temperment, knowledge of the institution and talent is a very small pool," he adds. "It's not a postion in which you want to place an untested person."

Author: By Matthew W. Granade and Adam S. Hickey, S | Title: The Changing of the Guard | 6/4/1997 | See Source »

Citing the pace of the job and the desire to spend more time with his family, White House counsel Abner Mikva said Wednesday he will resign on Nov.1, after less than a year on the job. "Mikva was brought in to bring the administration through this year of hearings," reports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL RESIGNS | 9/21/1995 | See Source »

Citing the pace of the job and the desire to spend more time with his family, White House counsel Abner Mikva said today he will resign on Nov.1, after less than a year on the job. "Mikva was brought in to bring the administration through this year of hearings," reports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL RESIGNS | 9/20/1995 | See Source »

NO ONE HAS yet to mistake Federal Appeals Court Judge Anthony M. Kennedy for a liberal. Ronald Reagan's latest nominee to the Supreme Court appears to be a conservative in the truest sense of the word, conservative both in temperment and practice. Unlike either Robert Bork or Douglas Ginsburg...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A True Conservative | 11/17/1987 | See Source »

AS AN autobiographer, Kirkland tends to blame others for her mistakes, dwelling on the injustices of ballet without fully exploring her own role in her fate. But as a commentator, Kirkland is at her best, exposing the many indignities faced by the dancer in an attempt to be an artist...

Author: By Ellen R. Pinchuk, | Title: Danse Macabre | 12/11/1986 | See Source »

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