Word: heir
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...York City, capital of New Politics and glamour, headquarters of the national communications media, lair of sophisticates. Yet, here is Procaccino, 57 and looking it, poor on television and ducking it when possible, suspicious of the press and at odds with it?here is the scion and heir of Old Politics, doing rather nicely by the estimates of adversary and ally alike...
...North Viet Nam's vice president, Ho Chi Minh in 1960 chose a man who offered three distinct ad vantages. He was unquestionably loyal to Ho's cause, he constituted no threat to Ho's power, and he enabled Ho to avoid choosing a potential heir from among several younger, more ambitious men. For very similar reasons, Ton Due Thang, at 81 the oldest living member of Hanoi's Lao Dong (Worker's Party), last week was elevated from the vice-presidency to the post left vacant by Ho's death in September. Thang...
Many experts assume that when Mao dies, his anointed heir, Defense Minister Lin Piao, will take over the chairmanship of the party. His rule will most likely be only temporary; behind the scenes, the country may well be run by a collective leadership. Challengers are likely to rise from the radical left, headed by Mao's wife Chiang Ching and such Cultural Revolution stalwarts as Ideologue Chen Pota. Eventually, however, more moderate forces may prevail, perhaps clustered around Premier Chou En-lai and the politically savvy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, General Huang Yung-sheng...
...critical condition; only a massive medical effort was keeping him alive. According to the sources, while Mao alternated between coma and consciousness decision-making in Peking was being handled by a triumvirate: Defense Minister Lin Piao, officially designated by the party last spring as Mao's heir; Premier Chou Enlai; and Ideologue Chen Pota, one of the main figures in the Cultural Revolution. The report hinted that a Chou-Lin power struggle was expected-and made clear a preference for Chou...
...this stirred general resentment among Ford men, especially Executive Vice President Lee A. lacocca, the assertive architect of Ford's highly successful Mustang and Maverick. lacocca, a tough and ambitious marketing whiz whom Detroiters look on as Chairman Ford's heir apparent, was shocked and disappointed when Knudsen was brought in, and later had several clashes with him. The two men held a peace parley last January, but if they came to an agreement, it did not last. Says one high executive who knows both well: "Lee had chewed his way through ten layers of management...