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...scandals. But because the defense industry--and corporations in general--is under greater public scrutiny these days, CEOs tend to pay for their blunders. Last year Boeing fired its CEO for having an affair with a subordinate--certainly a lesser infraction than the military procurement scandal that claimed his predecessor, Phil Condit, who, although not personally implicated, left because it happened on his watch. Swanson succeeds a CEO who agreed in March to settle with the Securities and Exchange Commission over accounting irregularities. But there's nothing phony about Raytheon's record under Swanson. Sales grew 8% last year...
...indeed be used in the same sentence. It may not surprise many that Paul Wolfowitz, the newly anointed chief of the World Bank, has ruffled feathers in his brief tenure. Quite brusquely, Wolfowitz suspended more than $800 million worth of loans in an effort to fight what his predecessor characterized as the “cancer” of corruption, upsetting not only third world governments, but also officials within his own organization. Whatever the other merits of his approach, however, he has made at least one immensely significant improvement: a willingness to speak and perhaps act in support...
According to Haan, senior surveys show dissatisfaction with Yardfest’s predecessor, Springfest. "Springfest was open to faculty, staff, and their families...and set a very different tone than what students were looking for," Haan said...
...Light. “And—this is really important—he’s an extremely good listener.”Light said at a press conference announcing his appointment yesterday afternoon that he expects his tenure to follow a similar path to that of his predecessor, Kim B. Clark ’74, who resigned his post last summer after 10 years at the helm to assume the presidency of Brigham Young University-Idaho.“I think there are going to be more similarities than differences,” Light said.Light...
...Sinai Liberation Day on Tuesday, marking the Israeli withdrawal from the territory it captured in the Six Day War. Many analysts agreed that the terrorists were targeting the pro-Western government of President Hosni Mubarak as well as the 1979 Camp David peace treaty with Israel signed by his predecessor, the late Anwar Sadat...