Sentence examples for be selected to head from inspiring English sources

In such confederations, a leader called the elder (otona) would be selected to head village government.

"It will be a big loss that Nora Volkow, current N.I.D.A. director, cannot possibly be selected to head a new institute," wrote one anonymous blogger on the Scientopia Web site.

Referring to herself as a real example, she said, "Who would've thought an African American woman would be selected to head up the automotive division?" And this was over 8 years ago.

Aside from choice profanity in her reference to the European Union, she also sounded like the worst kind of mandarin colonialist, dictating who should be selected to head a new Ukrainian government.

By February, she was selected to head the New Jersey Democratic State Committee.

Michael K. Powell, the oldest son of Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, was selected to head the Federal Communications Commission.

His association with USTOA dates back to 1978 when he was selected to head the national nonprofit organization.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was given the job in mid-June, and Col. James C. Marshall was selected to head the project.

It was Mr. Abraham who several years ago co-sponsored a bill to eliminate the agency he has been selected to head, calling it a "wasteful umbrella organization".

"The proceedings are almost excruciatingly fair," said Geoffrey Robertson, a London-based lawyer who has just been selected to head the new special court for war crimes in Sierra Leone.

Kazuo Hirai, the chief of Sony's video games company, was selected to head a new division that spans its video games, personal computers, mobile electronics and software.