Iru headmen were appointed over communities of their fellows, and through them Hima chiefs collected tribute.
The new chief, Ramon Jesus Rodriguez, confirmed Thursday that he had been appointed over the Christmas weekend by the Wyckoff board of trustees.
Administrators have been appointed over the company by court order and are seeking to establish what has happened to the business.
Confirming his departure, Neuberger, the president of the court, who is now 68, said that six new justices would be appointed over the next 18 months.
A general manager is appointed over his head, a grizzled arts apparatchik called Vladimir Urin who already detests Filin after a professional quarrel elsewhere.
The controversy has proved extremely divisive, said Ms. Grant, chairman of a Board of Education advisory committee that was appointed over the winter to study the issue.
Mr Ayala Lasso's term was blighted by an unending battle with his number two, Ibrahima Fall, who had been made head of the centre barely a year before a high commissioner was appointed over his head.
"Can someone explain to me how the opponents of democratic reform can think that it is easier to exert control over 8,000 members across the entire state than 165 members that have been appointed over many years?" Villatora said.
Sands' contract at the Sunday Telegraph was terminated in March after she fought to maintain her independence from the Telegraph editor-in-chief, John Bryant, who was appointed over her head by the Telegraph chief executive, Murdoch MacLennan.
