commissioner
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In the end, few if any people on the list suffered harm, in part because Nixon’s IRS commissioner, Donald Alexander, refused to audit them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
The Baxter Road group hired former Boston police commissioner Ed Davis to investigate cuts to the sturdy fabric tubes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Emily Keaney, ICO deputy commissioner, said many families had "never been shown how to talk to their children about online privacy", and added that it required a "whole society approach".
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Arians, who became a member of the competition committee late in his coaching career, has discussed the situation with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and is an advocate of making officials full-time league employees.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
When an embarrassed police department and Bull Connor, Birmingham’s commissioner of public safety, saw that they were losing the battle to youngsters, things started getting nasty.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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Things Fall Apart
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The Articles of Confederation (1777)
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The Dawes Act
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