commissioner
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His reason: Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis had to sign off on the all-star game, and he had been appointed to the position in 1920 to clean up baseball’s tarnished image.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Police commissioner Kumar's comments, however, are unlikely to be the last word in the case.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Dave Kautter, a tax attorney who served in the first Trump administration as an acting IRS commissioner and assistant Treasury secretary for tax policy, said he wasn’t outraged by the settlement agreement and its addendum.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that Marty Makary would be leaving his role as FDA commissioner.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
A spokesman for DOCS, however, insisted later that neither he nor the commissioner would bother to read the book.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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