Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...agency field offices in 14 states to file expert advice on how the President and his aides could best handle campaign issues related to criminal justice. Gray himself went on the stump for Nixon and made pro-Administration speeches in Butte, Mont., Cleveland and Spokane-blatantly political activity his predecessor would never have undertaken...
...haven't arrested a single one of those people in the National Awami Party who have got historical links with India on the one hand and the Soviet Union on the other. I don't want to do the Yahya Khan bit [a reference to his predecessor, who had arrested Sheik Mujibur Rahman, now Prime Minister of Bangladesh, for treason]. I don't want to brand people as traitors or indulge in recriminations and spoil the atmosphere. I will proceed with political surgery...
MANY MEMORIAL CHURCH goers find Gomes decidedly traditionalist in comparison to his predecessor. "In comparison to Price, Gomes's theology is much more fundamental," said Stanley A. Gacek '74, a regular at services. "If you asked him a question, Price would always give a much more relativist view. If you asked him, for example, 'Does God exist?' his answer would be something like 'It depends on the individual's belief.' Gomes's answer would depend more on the Gospel...
...next several years skillfully knit the deeply-rooted divisions back together, sending independent-minded reformers either into disarray or scurrying for the center. By the end of his term, he had elicited a measure of respect from all segments of a Faculty that had deeply distrusted his predecessor, Franklin L. Ford. He restored a certain reverence for his office that had been absent for some time. Even his opponents on the Faculty capitulated out of respect for his skillfull blending of energy, manipulation and unorthodoxy...
...hoping that he will not be thrust into controversy once again, there is a danger of stagnation in the way in which his caretaker position is circumscribed. Ford said last week that he expects to be tightly constrained in decision-making, because he must be responsible both to his predecessor, John T. Dunlop, and the yet-to-be chosen permanent dean...