If his slate proved victorious, Mr. Icahn's handpicked directors could then implement his first proposal.
Therefore, it is difficult to see why a controlling stockholder should be afforded an equitable veto over the decisions of its handpicked directors when public stockholders would not have that same opportunity.
The real reason, my interviews this week with numerous participants suggest, is that Mr. Dauman had little choice after he lost the backing of many of his handpicked directors on Viacom's board, who concluded that his confrontational tactics were harming the company and threatening to damage their own reputations.
(Indeed, Rosenstein laughably argued that Trump has 'respect for the rule of law.')" Goldsmith points out that Trump's handpicked FBI director, Christopher Wray, hasn't said boo to criticize the president.
Armed with classified details provided by President Trump's handpicked CIA director, Gina Haspel, senators shredded the arguments put forward by senior administration officials who had earlier insisted that the evidence of Mohammed's alleged role was inconclusive.
Six months after Shnaider bought a steel mill in Montenegro last June for $1,000, plus $500,000 for social programs and a promise to invest $46 million more, the car of his handpicked general director was blown up.
Six months after Shnaider bought a steel mill in Montenegro last Junefor $1,000, plus $500,000 for social programs and a promise to invest $46 million more, the car of his handpicked general director was blown up.
Then another general -- Vernon Walters, the president's handpicked deputy director of central intelligence, a man of impeccable discretion who had worked with Nixon since 1958 -- delivered a set of documents to Haig.
With the approval of his handpicked board of directors and his friend Sal in the Ministry of Canadian Heritage — a branch of the Canadian government that, among other things, finances theater festivals — Tony takes over as artistic director and has Felix escorted out by security.
