In a letter to Rebecca M. Blank, the deputy commerce secretary, he wrote that he was also concerned about the vacancies in her department.
But as Rebecca M. Blank, now the deputy secretary of commerce, wrote in a review of welfare studies published in 2002 about the "stunning changes in behavior" she found: "Nobody of any political persuasion predicted or would have believed possible the magnitude of change that occurred in the behavior of low-income single-parent families" in the 1990s.
In 2001, a disgruntled farmer with a mullet threw an egg point-blank at then deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, in protest against the Blair government's lack of support for farmers.
BRUSSELS — Some deputies waved blank newspaper pages emblazoned with the word "censored," while others protested by sticking tape over their mouths as Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban, clashed with critics over his country's controversial news media law in the European Parliament on Wednesday.
The deputy secretary, Rebecca M. Blank, has filled in since then.
But ever since the early hours of 24 June, Labour's deputy leader has retreated behind a blank facial glaze so opaque as to render him completely inscrutable.
In 2001, a disgruntled farmer with a mullet threw an egg point-blank at the then-deputy prime minister, John Prescott, in protest against the Blair government's lack of support for farmers.
Mr. Kinchen and another deputy who survived were shot at point-blank range.
Under questioning from Landrieu about the seven blank pages in the Disaster Housing Strategy that were called "Under Development," Deputy Administrator Harvey E. Johnson responded, "The strategy is in fact a strategy.
Mr. de Blasio was asked point-blank whether he had enough experience to be mayor, especially compared with Mr. Lhota, a former budget director, deputy mayor and chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
On April 2, a 73-year-old reserve sheriff's deputy named Robert C. Bates killed 44-year-old Eric Harris by shooting him in the back at point-blank range.
