Word: inherited
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tradition is not something you inherit," said West, paraphrasing T.S. Eliot '10, "It is something you obtain through great labor...
WHISTLE-BLOWERS COME IN ALL different styles, but they don't tend to be the boss's choice to inherit the top job. Mark Whitacre, 38, was just such a favorite at giant Archer Daniels Midland, the company that calls itself "supermarket to the world" because its products range from flour to vegetable oil. So close was Whitacre to ADM chairman Dwayne Andreas that the older man regarded the younger as a "second son." And as if to emulate his mentor, Whitacre lived in a colonial-style mansion in Moweaqua, Illinois, that Andreas once owned...
Dissension erupted among AFL-CIO leaders when President Lane Kirkland announced he will retire on Aug. 1. Despite longtime expectations that deputy Thomas Donahue would inherit the office, an opposition ticket supported by 57% of the federation's membership will challenge...
...enough money for lunch, enough passes for the Open, enough rest for what he calls "the war" -- when 156 golfers and 30,000 fans a day invade Shinnecock. A 1975 Dartmouth graduate, Smith thought he might become a teacher or a banker. "My father never meant for me to inherit his job. He sent me to Dartmouth to see the world. I saw it, then realized this is what I love...
...coach will inherit a squad whose nucleus consists primarily of younger players, including sophomore infielders Mike Hochanadel and Peter Albers and the freshman outfield trio of Vankoski, Brian Ralph and Aaron Kessler. Junior lefthander Frank Hogan also emerged as the staff's ace by season...