Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Costa, who promised to humanize the government when he took over as the army-picked candidate for President just over a year ago. Far from doing that, charged the sober dai ly Jornal do Brasil, Costa's administration "has surpassed all the limits of unpopularity known by its predecessor," which was headed by the stern Humberto Castello Branco...
Exploiting the Traffic. Jewel's expansion began during the mid-1950s under George Clements, 59, Perkins' predecessor as president and now Jewel's chairman. As food chains moved into suburban shopping centers, Clements' chain was among the first to recognize that supermarkets generated heavy traffic for neighboring specialty shops. Figuring that Jewel itself might just as well exploit that traffic, he began setting up separate specialty shops on his stores' premises-bakeries, gourmet delicatessens and cooked-food departments selling such takeout dishes as steak and pizza...
...Mount Airy, Pa., where he proved to be something of a campus rebel by leading a student protest for curriculum reform. Ordained in 1925, he spent 15 years as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Akron, resigning in 1944 to become president of the United Lutheran Church, a predecessor of the L.C.A...
...apparatus of a hard-lining Communist state. Last week Dubček finally acted against the conservative Communists remaining in both the government and the party who fear and resent the promised economic and political changes. At a meeting of the Czechoslovak Central Committee Dubček ousted his predecessor, Antonin Novotný, from the committee-his last position of influence-and suspended the party membership not only of Novotný, but also of six former collaborators until their share in the political trials of the past is clarified...
...outstanding. In addition, his wife and two of his sons have 13,905 shares. Together, the family's holding is worth some $130,000 in common stock and less than 1% in preferred stock. King is taking his reversal with his customary insouciance. "I removed my predecessor as chairman, Mr. Bartholomew," he reminded people. "You know what Fleet Street is. It's a bit of a jungle. I mean it's not played like an old-fashioned minuet...