With Mr. Chávez refusing to withdraw his appointments or negotiate with dissident oil executives, the office workers and production workers persisted with their slowdowns, which have intensified since last week.
In March, Altria sent a 16-page letter of complaint asking the tobacco center to withdraw the appointments of four of the nine voting members of the scientific advisory panel, saying they had "irreconcilable biases".
Dr. Drake denied yesterday that he had been urged to withdraw the appointment by conservative donors.
The state Democratic Party called on the governor to withdraw the appointment and begin a new search for a replacement for Ms. Kearney.
The essay has led to calls from Democrats for Mr. Bush to withdraw his appointment of Mr. Regier and has put the governor's office in the position of having to do damage control on a move that itself was supposed to control damage.
The agreement came at a council held by Richard in late November 1189 at which the monks agreed to let the king settle the dispute over the Hackington project if the archbishop would withdraw Norreis' appointment.
The White House, in turn, agreed to withdraw two controversial appointments, to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, when Democrats signaled that these would not be approved without a fight.
And as important as campaign finance reform is, it would not be smart for Obama to comply with the presidential financing system and thereby diminish his chances to choose Supreme Court appointments, withdraw from Iraq, pursue a green economy, enact tax fairness, enforce civil rights laws.
Instead of withdrawing the appointment, as the Army has often done when such accusations are raised, it began an inquiry.
In 1970, Secretary of State William P. Rogers named him as spokesman for the State Department, then withdrew the appointment.
