Sentence examples for appointments to state from inspiring English sources

Like a number of other former governors, Mr. Pataki did not turn over documents relating to appointments to state jobs.

"And I will be reviewing all appointments to state boards and commissions and making decisions on filling expired terms as quickly as possible.

Only under Pasok, which had held power for 17 of the past 21 years, had a new form of clientelism emerged, with hundreds of thousands of new appointments to state jobs.

He also publicly suggested that Catholics should pay more attention to family planning, and that there were "educational and social reasons why Catholics did not get legal appointments" to state positions.

Gov. George E. Pataki made several last-minute appointments to state posts before leaving office, including the naming of his longtime chief of staff, John Cahill, to the State Commission of Investigation.

The governor's administration was already under a well-publicized investigation into whether it has been selling appointments to state boards and commissions and awarding contracts and jobs in exchange for financial benefits and campaign contributions.

Within a year of his appointment to State, The Economist was wishing he would go; "Plodding, nodding" moaned Lexington three years later.

There are still many questions that surround Clinton's appointment to State, not least of which include when she will formally accept the appointment.

While Lugar said that as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he would support her appointment to State, he raised concerns about the former president's financial dealings.

A consumer advocates group filed a complaint Friday with the state's ethics agency seeking an investigation into whether a top aide to Gov. Jerry Brown influenced appointments to the state Public Utilities Commission while she owned stock in Pacific Gas & Electric Co., which was seeking utility-friendly decisions.

Mr. Marcinkiewicz had become increasingly at odds with the Kaczynskis over appointments to various state posts.