Democrats have called on Mr. Ashcroft to appoint a special counsel or recuse himself because of his close political ties to White House officials.

Instead of spelling out how to replace the boards, the law passed called for the Legislature to appoint a task force to make recommendations by Feb. 15.

Blacks, including the school board's president, Kenneth Sylvester, have also called on the State Department of Education to appoint an impartial body to administer future elections.

A shareholders' meeting was called for Nov. 14 and 15 to appoint new directors.

Some Israeli ministers, worried by the lack of progress, have called on the Americans to appoint a roving mediator so that negotiation can continue between formal rounds.

The new Governor was then called upon to appoint someone to replace Biden in the Senate.

Mr. Sessions called on President Bush to appoint a person with significant business experience to oversee the spending.

The memorandums called on Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint an independent counsel to look into alleged fund-raising irregularities.

Assemblyman Frank J. Barbaro has called upon Mayor Giuliani to appoint an interagency task force to help with the problem.

He has also called for a constitutional convention to appoint a commission to write the founding document for a new state.