Since then, Yahoo marketing has been without an official chief, but that ended today with Mayer's first (reported) high level appointment, and perhaps the first of many baby steps toward restoring faith in Yahoo leadership — or at least a sign of movement in that general direction.
The first batch of high-level appointments sanctioned by the new constitution has been made.
It is a sad time for Polish and European democracy if the promotion of conspiracy theories is rewarded with high-level appointments".
After several years of administrative and fiscal turmoil, American Ballet Theater announced several high-level appointments yesterday, including a new executive director and a chief financial officer.
Warner, too, had a powerful lever to use against the defense secretary: the Armed Services Committee has to confirm all high-level appointments to the Pentagon.
But Ive won the argument, and in 2013 the company announced the high-level appointments of Angela Ahrendts, the former C.E.O. of Burberry, and Paul Deneve, the former C.E.O. of the Yves Saint Laurent Group.
Analysts say that Mr. Hu has appeared to exert his influence in many high-level appointments as the leadership transition approaches, backing allies for posts as provincial party secretaries during recent reshuffling.
The New York Times named a new foreign editor on Wednesday, the latest in a series of high-level appointments by Jill Abramson, who became executive editor this week.
One of his first high-level appointments was to a tank factory worker who had publicly offered to fly to Moscow with his co-workers and drive the demonstrators from the streets.
Already, Mr. Cheney has taken charge of translating campaign promises into legislation, mapping out a budget plan, vetting candidates for hundreds of high-level appointments and persuading old friends like Treasury Secretary-designate Paul H. O'Neill and Defense Secretary-designate Donald H. Rumsfeld to join Mr. Bush's Cabinet.
