He will also appoint the regional governors, giving him discretion over considerable patronage.

Israeli political parties will tussle over patronage of this new voting bloc.

Metcalfe fought to preserve the prerogatives of the Crown and the governor's control over the administration and patronage.

Despite suffering from worsening cancer, he fought to preserve the prerogatives of the Crown and the governor's control over the administration and patronage.

He has engaged in a running battle with the Board of Education over patronage, accountability and its $421 million budget.

As today's scandals over drugs, patronage and possible sexual harassment at some local school boards make clear, the system has not worked well.

Mr. Koch can, in fact, pride himself on presiding over impressively little old-fashioned patronage.

Reform politicians have weakened the party's control over patronage, a fundamental recruiting tool.

He came to differ with President Theodore Roosevelt over railroad regulation and political patronage.

A dispute over patronage prevented the chapel from opening until 1740.