But, the more I thought about it, the more it struck me that the brilliance of the appointment lay in Vicky Featherstone's manifest suitability, not her gender.
Asked whether the England pack needed some more "bastard" about it, and if this was what lay behind his appointment, Dylan Hartley stared at a bank of television cameras and said: "Are we live?
They resisted royal interference in clerical appointments, lay misappropriation of church lands and revenues, and legal restrictions on communication between the pope and local churches.
Alexander and Hildebrand continued papal support for the pataria in Milan; as noted, the reformers demanded an end to marriage of the clergy, to the buying of church offices, and to lay control of appointments to church offices.
Although Henson's elevation was controversial chiefly among factions of the clergy – in general lay people supported his appointment – it nevertheless gave fresh impetus to the idea of taking away from the prime minister the power to choose bishops.
Under the Swedish legal system, appointments of lay judges to district and county courts are made by political parties.
John Sifton, a senior official at Human Rights Watch, said the significance of Haspel's appointment lies in the fact that she was intimately involved in the secret C.I.A. program known by its initials, R.D.I. — rendition, detention, and interrogation.
By 1904, when she received formal appointment as a lay missionary, the school had grown to include a collegiate department.
The Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) has announced the appointment of three lay members to the editors' code of practice committee.
What struck Audie was that the young man had not even glanced at the thick bound appointment book that lay open on the desk.
