Word: predecessor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
With 11 faculty members, two administrators, three unionized workers and four students--two undergraduates and two graduates--the new committee represents a demographic departure from both its predecessor and from other University committees, which almost never include students...
...people to believe it's trying to eradicate endemic corruption. And it wants the international community, particularly those who might invest more money if they didn't have to pay bribes right and left, to believe likewise. The Philippines enjoyed several years of improved economic performance under Estrada's predecessor, Fidel Ramos, only to see it wasted by Estrada's erratic leadership. "This is a signal to the international community that the Philippines now has a strong and firm leadership that adheres to the rule of law," says Finance Secretary Alberto Romulo. Translation: Brother, can you spare a billion...
...That left only one issue: Summers' temper. Rumors abounded of an explosive temper that had cowed and embarrassed underlings at the World Bank and the Treasury Department. It took a phone call from one of Harvard's most powerful alums, Robert E. Rubin `60—Summers' predecessor as Treasury Secretary and now chair of Citigroup—to defuse the question. Rubin called three search committee members personally, reassuring Houghton, Daniel and Stone that the temper was now a non-issue, that Summers' years in government had softened...
Kamarck said that Bush's success has hinged largely upon the legacy of his predecessor...
...stories in both her memoirs (a widely praised predecessor, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table, came out in 1998) are delicious reads: witty, reflective accounts of her experiences in, around and through food. They are perfectly balanced meals accompanied by recipes: the shrimp curry she cooks as a farewell to her Berkeley commune, the mushroom soup she makes to console her mother during a financial crisis, the lemon pasta Danny Kaye concocts for her when he reveals that he's a food-loving fellow traveler...