Word: heir
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Brezhnev was Nikita Khrushchev's protégé, but Brezhnev has groomed no heir apparent. Prognosticators in Western capitals, who admit they do not know how the Politburo really works, are unable to point to a logical successor, let alone a challenger, to Brezhnev. Here in Moscow it is still very much the Brezhnev era, and he gives every indication that he intends to keep it that...
...dealer who prefers sex with men, Caine sets off Smith's brittle wit with soothing tenderness. Together these actors prove that a marriage of convenience can be a dynamic emotional affair. They also demonstrate that Simon, when he puts his mind to it, can be a worthy American heir to Noël Coward...
...turning toward modernization, Teng and his backers are attempting the delicate task of desanctifying Mao's memory without besmirching it completely. With doctrinal legerdemain, they put forth the line that Mao's philosophy was basically correct, but that it was distorted and misapplied by his onetime heir apparent Lin Piao?now the most vilified historical figure in China?and the Gang. Mao's sponsorship of the Cultural Revolution is excused on the grounds that he was aged, infirm and confused...
...guidelines press down on wages more than on prices, and calls for mandatory controls on both. In the latest round of hostilities, Carter last week crossed Meany's name off the list of Government-approved directors of the Communications Satellite Corp. (COMSAT), which prompted Meany's heir apparent, AFL-CIO Treasurer Lane Kirkland, to fire off a letter to Carter announcing his resignation from two Government advisory committees...
...were bloodied and hustled off to jail. Mao was outraged by the affair and blamed it on Teng; the Chairman insisted that Teng, a protege of Chou's, had orchestrated the demonstration to enhance his own position. Mao pronounced the demonstrators "counterrevolutionaries" and purged Teng as a potential heir apparent in favor of the relatively unknown Hua. Five months later, as he lay dying, Mao is said to have whispered to Hua: "With you in charge, I am at ease," and, sure enough, Hua later became both Premier and Party Chairman. Not until July 1977, when his talents were...