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Faust needed to think carefully about her answer. Her predecessor Lawrence H. Summers’ staunch desire to implement his own vision had ultimately led to his downfall...
...though the signal-caller from Tulsa may lack the size and the pocket presence of his predecessor, Winters flourished in his first year as the starter, leading the Crimson (7-3, 6-1 Ivy) to a second-place finish in the Ancient Eight and more importantly, perhaps, a thrilling come-from-behind 14-10 victory in The Game...
...Mary Bunting came in during our last semester. We hardly got the opportunity to see her, but it was such a morale-booster to have her show up,” Metz said. “Her predecessor was just kind of sleep-walking through the role. She came in full of energy and affirmation and really cheered...
...while many students, professors, and alumni praise Light for his leadership during the recent economic downturn, several long-time faculty members note that Light’s agenda closely followed that of his predecessor. Some of the school’s most prominent initiatives, they say, grew out of preliminary work undertaken during the previous administration under Kim B. Clark ’74, whom he replaced first as interim dean in 2005 before assuming the permanent position...
Comparing Pope Benedict XVI with his predecessor...