Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...department will differ from its predecessor both in specific requirements and in emphasis. Concentration requirements will be seven and one-half courses (two of which may be related) including at least three semesters of studio work, a junior tutorial, and a thesis...
...nchez's declaration was a shocker on a number of counts. When he took command of the Governor's palace, La Fortaleza, Sánchez was eager to carry on his predecessor's social and economic development programs. He was just as anxious to end the Latino tradition of one-man rule in Puerto Rico. He set out to make the Popular Democratic leadership more popular, more democratic and younger; inevitably, he made enemies...
...constitution differs on two vital points from its RGA predecessor: it calls for student autonomy in making amendments and student representation on the College Council. Though it is not the Trustees but the Council, at its meeting next Monday, that will have the final say on the constitution, all the Council members also sit on the Board of Trustees and the opinions expressed at the Board meeting are bound to carry weight...
...Cardinal O'Connell when Pius XII named him Archbishop of New York in 1939. Cooke, who has both a warm Irish wit and an M.A. in social work, is regarded in church circles as a prelate whose style and approach will not differ strikingly from those of his predecessor. Reared in The Bronx, the son of Irish immigrants (his father was a chauffeur and construction worker), Cooke was ordained to the priesthood in 1945. In 1957, Spellman chose him to be his secretary. In 1965, after several rapid promotions, he became vicar general of the archdiocese, acting as Spellman...
...Stick Your Neck Out, Mordecai Richler's 1963 satirical novel, an Eskimo conquers the demi-world of Canadian intellectuals and literally loses his head on a quiz show that plays for keeps. Cocksure trades in the same buffoonery of annihilation and, like its predecessor, scores easily on some already heavily dented targets: big business, the communications industry, pop culture, organized morality, modern education...