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• v  create and charge with a task or function
• v  assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
  He was appointed deputy manager
• v  furnish
  a beautifully appointed house
• a  subject to appointment
• s  selected for a job
  the one appointed for guard duty
• s  fixed or established especially by order or command
  at the time appointed (or the appointed time")
• s  provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind)
  a house that is beautifully appointed

• In 1935, she was appointed by New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to study situations in Harlem.
• In 1811, he was appointed to the Supreme Court, where he sat until 1834.
• Founder Baha'u'llah ("the manifestation of God") had appointed his son ("the perfect man") to succeed him, and the son in turn appointed Shoghi Effendi Rabbani ("a man under .

• appoint
• name
• nominate
• constitute
• charge
• appointive
• decreed
• ordained
• prescribed

• elective

News & Articles

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• CHELSEA: Ginger Sissom appointed as Director of Operations for Hoola Jewerly
  CHELSEA — Ginger Sissom has been appointed to the position of Director of Operations for Hoola Jewelry.
  June 20, 2013 - The Chelsea Standard
• Soccer-Baldini appointed Tottenham technical director
  LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur have appointed former England assistant manager Franco Baldini as technical director, the Premier League club said on Wednesday. "Franco is extremely well respected in the industry, possessing an extensive knowledge of players around the world," chairman Daniel Levy told the Spurs website (www.tottenhamhotspur.com) "He will strengthen our football ...
  June 19, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Tony Gusmao Appointed CEO of Lockton Brazil
  SAO PAULO, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockton has appointed Tony Gusmao as CEO of its Brazilian businesses. Tony has more than 20 years of experience, primarily in Employee Benefits, having run consulting ...
  June 19, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• John Paul Stevens in USA Today
  Having concluded that it would be in the best interests of the Court to have my successor appointed and confirmed well in advance of the commencement of the Court's next Term, I shall retire from regular active service as an Associate Justice,...
• Vice President Dick Cheney in International Herald Tribune
  It's time the self-appointed strategists on Capitol Hill understood a very simple concept: You cannot win a war if you tell the enemy you're going to quit,Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday at a Republican fundraising luncheon.
• Patrick Leahy in FOXNews
  In a letter to the president, Stevens, the longest active serving member, said he has "concluded that it would be in the best interests of the court to have my successor appointed and confirmed well in advance of the commencement of the court's next...