They are just appointed".
Rieu strides into his drawing room at precisely the appointed time.
Indeed, George Entwistle was appointed precisely because he said he wanted to make BBC culture more open, less command-led and more discursive.
While many trustees of culture organisations have backgrounds in culture, the majority do not, having been appointed precisely because of the outside expertise they bring, whether in law, finance, communications or any other area.
But for precisely mixed, prettily appointed cocktails in a setting that isn't bland, hackneyed, crass or rigged for maximum volume — by which I mean crowd size even more than din — this neighborhood, the supposed crossroads of the world, has long been a parched intersection.
It was no longer inhabited, but was so perfectly appointed, so precisely furnished with a little stove, a Keith Haring original drawing, vintage cross-country skis, solar-energy units, classic books and much else that it seemed right to befriend the exquisite hobo who had once lived there.
The Queen Decides the Fate of the Nation: You see, as a nod to our Commonwealth tradition in Canada, our actual head of state is not the Prime Minister but actually the Queen, or more precisely, the Queen's appointed representative, the Governor General.
Among their base it is a central tenet that electing Republican presidents is vital precisely because they appoint right-leaning judges who will keep perceived liberal overreach in check.
This backstage presidential drama was a combination of highly researched realism – viewers learned precisely how to appoint a new justice to the Supreme Court or assassinate a foreign potentate – and liberal fantasy: Martin Sheen's wise, articulate, Nobel prize-winning Jed Bartlet served as consolation to moderate Americans during the Dubya years.
Many justices, he said, were appointed to the court precisely because they were friends with the president or other senior officials.
