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Walter Haas had plenty to spend; he is an heir to the Levi Strauss jeans fortune. He also had a resilient young pitching staff and a local rabbit named Rickey Henderson. To nurture the team to respectability, though, he needed a quick fix and a long view. He already had the first in Billy Martin, a brilliant, volatile field manager. Before he wore out both his welcome and the arms of his starting pitchers (all were shortly out of the majors), Martin , hustled the A's to the play-offs in 1981 and, with his run-and-gun style...
...united Europe, driven by a united Germany, could become the world's leading power. Heir to a unique civilization and used to rule, the European Community has a highly educated, skilled population and a GNP larger than America...
Meanwhile, inside America's most powerful Mob family, any form of government foot dragging can only be good news for Dominick (Quiet Dom) Cirillo, the heir apparent to the family's throne. Cirillo, 61, who lives in a simple house in the Bronx, could prove even more elusive to the feds than his predecessor. Unlike Gigante, who has a criminal record dating back 40 years, "Quiet Dom" has been nailed just once, with a one-year suspended sentence for narcotics sales...
...heir, it would seem, of the fierce and bloodthirsty Mesopotamian kings who once ruled the civilized world. Many of those ancient potentates met terrible ends -- when they made the mistake of relaxing their grip for an instant. Saddam is determined not to repeat their fate...
...answer to the succession question is clear: it has already happened. Although Bradlee retains his title, day-to-day management of the Post has passed into the hands of managing editor Leonard Downie Jr., 48. Bradlee confirms that Downie is the chosen heir. His performance during six years as managing editor has provided an answer to the inevitable question about how Downie compares with Bradlee: the cautious and bureaucratic Downie would not even want to match the older editor's riverboat-gambler style. In contrast to Bradlee's instinct for the jugular, Downie is such a stickler for down...