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appointive

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ap·poin·tive  (-pointv)
adj.
Relating to or filled by appointment: an appointive office.
appointive [əˈpɔɪntɪv]
adj
Chiefly US relating to or filled by appointment an appointive position
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Adj.1.appointive - relating to the act of appointing; "appointive powers"
2.appointive - subject to appointment
appointed
elected, elective - subject to popular election; "elective official"
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But partisan electoral and appointive politics are child's play compared with academic politics carried on so subtly at UNM and on most of our nation's campuses, so the power-packing regent Jamie Koch and school president David Schmidly aren't necessarily the villains they've been portrayed by whining faculty.
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In restoring the appointive power they should never have stripped from the governor's office, lawmakers erred once more by failing to adopt an amendment to make that power effective following the special election in January.
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Seiner would make a good board member if he gained some experience through service to the district in an appointive capacity.
Re-elect Gerot by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
 
 
 
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