Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...both George MacDonald and Bill Volmer have forced Jordan to bring sophomore Tony Gianelly along too fast, did the Crimson look vulnerable. Probably the least experienced defensive halfback Jordan has ever used, Gianelly has been rushed into two-way service too soon, and lacks the speed of his 1953 predecessor, John Culver. Gianelly's lighter, more experienced understudy, Dick Oehmler, is a very fast starter, and hits a line very hard for 160 pounds...
Apologizing that he could "not speak English very good," Castillo Armas told simply and eloquently how Moscow-directed Communists emerged with power and influence under his predecessor, Jacobo Arbenz."The Communists concentrated first on the labor unions, of which they quickly gained complete control, "he explained. "Soon it became almost impossible to be elected to public office without the support of the unions . . . A teachers' union was formed, and before long almost every teacher in the country, in order to hold his job, had to teach the Communist doctrines . . . The Communists had political control of Guatemala by the time...
...swinging into a lecture on a rope. William W. Howells, who filled the late master's professorship here in July, once captivated Wisconsin students with a portrayal of a rampant gibbon. In addition to equalling Hooton's capacity for charades, Howells also appears to have the brilliance of his predecessor...
...Foreign Service Careerman Robert F. Woodward was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica. Woodward's predecessor, Robert C. Hill, was named Ambassador to El Salvador, replacing Michael J. McDermott, recently resigned...
...Which do I mean?' he said. 'Right or left? Well, you know, the way we don't want it to be. We think the regents should do a lot of investigating of that department. It's so radically different from what it used to be under (Mitchell's predecessor...