Mr. Shedd, the newly named chief of staff, served at embassies in Costa Rica and Mexico from 1984 to 1993, according to a biography issued by Mr. Negroponte's office.
On May 19 , 1993 Clinton fired seven employees of the White House Travel Office, causing the White House travel office controversy even though the Travel Office staff served at the pleasure of the President, who could dismiss them without cause.
Bronx Prep's experience this fall suggests that such independence means an opportunity to establish rigorous standards, depending in part on the added autonomy of charter schools, whose staffs serve at will and whose students can be held to strict behavior contracts.
If lounging on the balcony chairs doesn't make you feel like royalty, the attentive staff serving those at the pool and beach will.
The department is continuing to operate an extensive drug-treatment program inside the prison system with its own staff, serving almost 11,000 inmates at a cost of $20 million a year, which Mr. Kriss said is more cost-effective than the private programs.
The staff serves all 450 intercollegiate athletes at U.S.F., so the 105 football players are less than a quarter of the clients -- but as is the case with so much else, football sucks up more resources than its raw numbers would indicate.
In a "note to readers" that preceded the book, Mr. Woodward says that it is based on information "from more than 75 key people involved in the events, including war cabinet members, the White House staff and officials serving at various levels of the State and Defense Departments and the Central Intelligence Agency".
Study Night Breakfast is a popular tradition in which faculty and staff serve students a late-night breakfast at the start of finals week.
This action was unusual because although theoretically staff employees serve at the pleasure of the President and could be dismissed without cause, in practice, such employees usually remain in their posts for many years.
