Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...activity, Casey fills any gaps in his crowded schedule with press interviews, speaking engagements and visits to Wall Street trading floors. Such visibility is a striking contrast to the low profile maintained by the man he succeeded, Hamer Budge. Casey even matches the ebullience of Budge's predecessor, Manuel Cohen, whose activist zeal did not endear him to many securities...
...convinced that internal troubles in the South could give Pyongyang an excuse to launch a propaganda campaign against his government. The flinty President might have been worried about something else too. Eleven years ago, massive student protests against corruption were instrumental in bringing down the government of his predecessor, the late Syngman Rhee...
...Even so, Maazel is unlikely to prove as tough as the stony-faced Szell, who also began as a child prodigy. Few conductors could. In every other way, he seems to be the one youngish maestro around who most resembles Szell in style, craftsmanship and musical taste. Like his predecessor, Maazel is a strict constructionist who regards the printed score as his own personal bill of rights. He is capable of passion, but not at the expense of symmetry and the sturdy line. He is widely acknowledged as a supreme podium technician...
When all the pieces are in place, the vision of the future promises to be a refined and mechanized version of the past. The improved model will undoubtedly surpass its predecessor in efficiency and popularity. It may also be far more long-lasting...
...happened to bring the two sides even that close after five years of deadlock? For one thing, British Prime Minister Edward Heath has shown himself, by such gestures as selling military helicopters to South Africa last February, to be less concerned about Black African feelings than was his predecessor, Harold Wilson, and more willing to make a compromise settlement...