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...first semester at the council’s helm begins, some council members say she must return her attention to policy initiatives that better student life if she hopes to match the success of her predecessor, Paul A. Gusmorino...
...press conferences and at official functions. Her frequent reminders that she's the first President to visit these towns?shrugging off two previous helicopter crashes and "risking my life" to be here?are self-congratulatory but also true. Her numerous opponents, many of whom supported the ouster of her predecessor, Joseph Estrada, cite her frequent sojourns out of Manila as evidence that she's already campaigning for the next election in 2004, which would be her first presidential race...
...then again, you’re no Rudenstine. Your spineless predecessor gave birth to HCECP’s misguided musings when he pandered to PSLM. Now you can set things right by refusing to act until HCECP provides evidence supporting its central claim. Doing so will take some courage. But I think you have...
PERSON OF THE WEEK His predecessor left office as one of the most beloved mayors in New York City's history (and TIME's Person of the Year). New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a tough act to follow--and he is ruffling feathers right off the mark with an inaugural address calling for deep cuts in city government. For his immediate impact in taking over what is one of the toughest jobs in American politics, Bloomberg is our Person of the Week. See this week's pick, along with past winners, at time.com/pow...
...Ministry office set up to handle claims. Until the 1980s, a survivor's first contact with the office was with a team of former police detectives whose mission was to root out cheats, not to process legitimate claims. When Rafi Pinto took over the department six years ago, his predecessor told him, "Your job is to save the state's money." Only in 1997 did Pinto publish details of survivors' entitlements that had been on the books since the 1950s. "There was a problem," he says. "People really didn't know what they were due." The number of survivors making...