The Parliament elected Shaukat Aziz, the former finance minister and a handpicked choice of President Pervez Musharraf, as the new prime minister despite a boycott by opposition parties.
As a handpicked choice of Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, Democrat of Maryland, Mr. Goldschmid often found himself both publicly and privately at odds with Mr. Donaldson's predecessor, Harvey L. Pitt.
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Mr. Rumsfeld got an upbeat report, however, from Jay Garner, a retired lieutenant general, his handpicked choice to lead the Pentagon's Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance.
Jim Buss, the Lakers' executive vice president, gave Brown, his handpicked choice in 2011, a vote of confidence in a Thursday interview with ESPN-Los Angeles, saying, "I have no problems with Mike Brown at all," and concluding, "I just have to be patient".
The military-led government, in turn, has appeared to respond to public demands with repeated concessions — including replacing an interim prime minister with the handpicked choice of the Tahrir protest leaders, arresting Mr. Mubarak and his two sons and releasing jailed activists.
This year, Mr. Klein, a former federal prosecutor who was Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's handpicked choice for chancellor, is allowing only one training day, on Election Day.
Hammond was the preferred candidate of Gen. George B. McClellan and the handpicked choice of the United States Sanitary Commission, a civilian organization created to improve Army living conditions.
"I have made mistakes, but I was always upright". Wulff, 52, was Merkel's handpicked choice for the job of president, a largely ceremonial post but one that carries great moral authority in Germany.
In a historic election, Indian lawmakers recently elected for president the handpicked choice of Sonia Gandhi (No. 6), leader of India's most powerful political party, the Indian National Congress Party.
