Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...comparison with his predecessor, Bok moved swiftly to fill the vacant position. McGeorge Bundy resigned the post in December 1960 to join the Kennedy Administration, but it took President emeritus Nathan M. Pusey '28 18 months to select a new dean...
...Derek Bok is less orthodox than his predecessor, sir. He believes in Easter without the Passion. Why, there were classes on Good Friday, Ash Monday, and Passover...
...Inauguration Day in 1971, however, Tolbert toured his capital in a Volkswagen instead of the Tubman Cadillac, and he showed up for the swearing-in ceremony in an open-neck, short-sleeved safari suit instead of the Tubman top hat. He also got rid of his predecessor's $2,000,000 yacht...
...present military government struck back, sending out some 100,000 troops to sweep Buenos Aires in a search for guerrillas. Campora's promise to release jailed guerrillas who will work for "national liberation" brought a stinging rebuke from General Elbio Anaya, the Second Army Corps commander whose predecessor was gunned down by guerrillas. The army, said Anaya, will not permit amnesty for "vulgar, unscrupulous assassins" under any circumstances...
Reflecting the turbulence, the paper has had four managing editors in less than three years. The current M.E. is Robert Burdock, 45. His predecessor, Wilson Hirschfeld, was fired after a stream of complaints from reporters that he was killing or slanting stories to protect friends in the city administration. Hirschfeld, a Christian Scientist, also tried to reduce the paper's medical coverage. Fraser Kent, a respected medical reporter, quit in disgust, for this and other reasons. There was also bitterness over management's appeal for police assistance when Newspaper Guild members picketed the paper during a strike last...