He was voted the orchestra chief of the year 2003 by the magazine Musical America.
The Sri Lankan parliament has voted to remove Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake in a move analysts say could trigger a constitutional crisis.
On Tuesday, the town council voted to put the police chief back on the job.
Then, in what many conservatives consider an act of betrayal, Chief Justice John Roberts voted to uphold the sweeping healthcare reform act.
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Obama is the first President in history to have voted against the confirmation of the Chief Justice who later administered his oath of office.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist voted with the majority then.
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The idea that he might have voted otherwise if he were not chief justice suggests that a "strike" was changed to a "ball" because of concerns for how the straight call would be perceived.
China may also have calculated that the 800-strong body of Hong Kong grandees which selects the chief executive, and which obligingly and overwhelmingly voted in favour of Mr Tung not just once but twice, is due to be dissolved in July.
They note that President George W. Bush's Justice Department refused to take any action after a Democratic-controlled House voted in early 2008 to hold then-White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers in contempt for actions relating to the controversial dismissal of several U.S. prosecutors.
Glencore Xstrata shareholders have overwhelmingly voted in favour of Tony Hayward, BP's former chief executive, as interim chairman of the newly merged group.
Aubrey Jewett, a political science professor at the University of Central Florida who specializes in Florida politics and state and local government, said Triplett's vote Monday to reject the police chief's resignation was surprising since the mayor voted for the no-confidence motion in the first place.
Shareholders in Citigroup voted against planned compensation packages for Vikram Pandit, Citi's chief executive, and its directors.
Andrew Moss resigned as chief executive of Aviva, a British insurer, after shareholders voted against the firm's pay policies.
The minister addressed the government, Chief Pleas, on Wednesday, a week after it narrowly voted against appointing a full time civil servant.
Chief executive Andrew Moss left the company one week after shareholders voted to keep him as boss but voted against his pay package.
More than 30% of shareholders voted against the company's remuneration report, which included a large "golden hello" to chief executive Michael Clarke.
The supervisors who voted for the law were supported by Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca and Los Angeles City Police Chief Bernard Parks, who said residents of Southern California wanted to end gun violence in their region.
When the HP chief executive announced his transformation strategy for the struggling computer giant a month ago, investors roundly voted against his plan.
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Sushil Wadhwani and DeAnne Julius, who had voted for a cut in December, were joined this month by Charles Bean, the Bank's chief economist, and Christopher Allsopp, one of the external members.
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