I did my shopping, had my dentist appointment, and from there I went to the women's lunch at our parish church where we discussed plans for the annual Christmas bazaar, so that dusk was beginning to gather when I drove home in the late afternoon.

With his father's death in 1892, and his appointment as head of the Bahá ’ í faith, there was much opposition against him, including virtually all his family members.

In 2007 there were big protests against the government, resulting in the appointment of a new prime minister.

In March 1824, Robert Lee received his appointment to West Point, but due to the large number of cadets admitted, Lee would have to wait a year to begin his studies there.

He often laments over how he " lost his labour " having gone to some appointment at a coffee house or tavern, there to discover that the person he was seeking was not within.

While the Chief Justice is appointed by the President, there is no specific constitutional prohibition against using another method to select the Chief Justice from among those Justices properly appointed and confirmed to the Supreme Court, and at least one scholar has proposed that presidential appointment should be done away with, and replaced by a process that permits the Justices to select their own Chief Justice.

Of Taft's appointment, Roosevelt said, " If only there were three of you ; I could appoint one of you to the Court, one to the War Department and one to the Philippines.

On his way home he visited Pierre Viret at Lausanne, who brought about his appointment as professor of Greek at the academy there ( Nov., 1549 ).

A week after his appointment Haig met Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, who emphasised the importance of obtaining control of the Belgian coast, to end the threat from there by German naval forces.

From there, she obtained work as a secretary, and acting on her friend's advice she telephoned Louis Leakey, a Kenyan archaeologist and paleontologist, with no other thought than to make an appointment to discuss animals.

McEwen agreed to accept an interim appointment provided there was no formal statement of time limit.

After his father's royal appointment as Dean of Windsor in March 1635, his family spent part of each year there, but little is known about Wren's life at Windsor.

The Attorney General of the Duchy of Cornwall is the chief legal adviser to the Prince of Wales, and there is a separate Attorney General for the Duchy of Lancaster, an appointment that is held by the Crown.

* 1884: Parliamentarism has evolved since 1884 and entails that the cabinet must not have the parliament against it ( an absence of mistrust, but an express of support is not necessary ), and that the appointment by the King is a formality when there is a clear parliamentary majority.

His parents had recently moved there, following his father's appointment as chief bookkeeper at a local textile mill.

Asked how the president should be chosen if there were to be a republic, 80 percent said elected by the people, against 12 percent who favoured appointment by parliament.

In a 2003 Inside the Actors Studio interview, Sheen explained, " Whenever I would call for an appointment, whether it was a job or an apartment, and I would give my name, there was always that hesitation and when I'd get there, it was always gone.

Maximian's swift appointment by Diocletian as Caesar is taken by the writer Stephen Williams and historian Timothy Barnes to mean that the two men were longterm allies, that their respective roles were pre-agreed and that Maximian had probably supported Diocletian during his campaign against Carinus ( r. 283 – 285 ) but there is no direct evidence for this.

Æthelbald may have influenced the appointment of successive archbishops of Canterbury in Tatwine, Nothelm, and Cuthbert, the latter probably the former bishop of Hereford ; and despite Boniface's strong criticisms, there is evidence of Æthelbald's positive interest in church affairs.

Next, in 1892, he received an appointment as professor for the newly formed Electrical Engineering department at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana ; while there he helped the Westinghouse Corporation install the lighting for the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

Confusion with his brother may account for the statement ( without evidence ) of his appointment by Charles V as secretary to the viceroy at Naples, Don Pedro de Toledo ; there is no proof of his holding any official position, though Curione ( in 1544 ) writes of him as " cavalliere di Cesare.

He used his discretionary powers as a President and deviated from convention and precedent in many situations, including – but not limited to – the appointment of the Prime Minister in a hung Parliament, in dismissing a state government and imposing President's rule there at the suggestion of the Union Cabinet, and during the Kargil conflict.

Gen. Alfred Terry determined there were no available officers of rank to take command, Sherman ordered him to make an appointment.

Article 8 of the Constitution, states that all Malaysian citizens shall be equal under the law, and " Except as expressly authorised by this Constitution, there shall be no discrimination against citizens on the ground only of religion, race, descent or place of birth in any law or in the appointment to any office or employment under a public authority or in the administration of any law relating to the acquisition, holding or disposition of property or the establishing or carrying on of any trade, business, profession, vocation or employment.

The Faget appointment was preposterous on several grounds.

The appointment was made in a move to expand the engineering services offered to the designers of electronic systems through assistance in electro-magnetic compatability problems.

The secretary's tone indicated that an appointment at such short notice was a concession for which Madden should be duly grateful.

The appointment was announced at a news conference at which Skorich said he would retain two members of Shaw's staff -- Jerry Williams and Charlie Gauer.

From the start, it was clear that bipartisan support would be essential to success in the war effort, and any manner of compromise alienated factions on both sides of the aisle, such as the appointment of Republicans and Democrats to command positions in the Union Army.

In the following year he became provisional Principal of the Theological College of Saint Thomas ( from which he had just graduated ), and in 1903 his appointment was made permanent.

It was however in Britain that Antoninus decided to follow a new, more aggressive path, with the appointment of a new governor in 139, Quintus Lollius Urbicus.

In 1060, Ealdred was elected to the archbishopric of York, but had difficulty in obtaining papal approval for his appointment, only managing to do so when he promised not to hold the bishoprics of York and Worcester simultaneously.

Yet another chronicler, John of Worcester, mentions nothing of any trouble in Rome, and when discussing the appointment of Wulfstan, says that Wulfstan was elected freely and unanimously by the clergy and people.

Although Ealdred gave up the bishopric, the appointment of Wulfstan was one that allowed Ealdred to continue his considerable influence on the see of Worcester.

At the time of his appointment, his destination Nashville had been evacuated by the Confederates after the fall of Ft. Donelson, and the government which he was displacing had fled to Memphis.

Immediately prior to his appointment to Canterbury he was the Bishop of Monmouth in Wales.

However, Burn was unsuccessful in depriving Smith of the appointment.

Doke supported the appointment of Benedict Wallet Vilakazi as member of the staff, as he believed a native speaker was essential for acquiring a language.

By this time Yan was well known for his adaptability, and Chiang welcomed his appointment.

Calixtus ' reference to the feudal homage due the emperor on appointment is guarded: " shall do unto thee for these what he rightfully should " was the wording of the privilegium granted by Calixtus.

But the underlying current was that Henry had overreached, and his appointment of the antipope was beyond the pale.

The oath, approving the appointment of Umar, was taken only by the Companions present in Medina at the time.

The appointment of Rykov as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars was a de facto demotion of Kamenev.

Malenkov was assured an identical policy in government institutions ; the most notable change being the appointment of Mikhail Pervukhin, Ivan Tevosian and Maksim Saburov to the Deputy Chairmanship of the Council of Ministers.

It was not until the appointment of Ruud Gullit as player-manager in 1996 that their fortunes changed.

It was discontinued as a rank in these services during the postwar period, but as an appointment, the title " commodore " was then used to identify senior U. S. Navy captains who commanded squadrons of more than one vessel or functional air wings or air groups that were not part of a carrier air wing or air group.