Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan now repudiates the treaty signed by his predecessor, he may kill the whole SALT process, and the Soviets may embark on a massive increase in warheads, well beyond the modest but significant limits set by SALT II. That is a gamble Reagan seems willing to take. "The Russians are resilient and hard-nosed businessmen," says the candidate's chief foreign policy adviser, Richard Allen. "They're marking time and waiting to see whom they'll be dealing with after the election...
...vision needed by the head of CBS, which is not just a corporation in the chairman's view, but a company with a mission to educate. Many others believed the objections to Backe had a more personal foundation. Paley, who also got rid of Backe's predecessor, cannot tolerate the idea of anybody taking his place -ever...
...shipbuilding. The unions simply do not trust the non-socialist coalition now led by Prime Minister Thorbjorn Falldin. Many Swedes believe that L.O. has sanctioned the current strikes primarily to bring down Falldin's government, thereby paving the way for a return to power of his Social Democratic predecessor, Olof Palme...
...largest single CBS stockholder (6%, now worth about $70 million) to spin the revolving door on a potential successor to the helm of the firm he effectively created 52 years ago. In October 1976, also without warning and also at a time of triumph, Paley sacked Backe's predecessor, Arthur Taylor, the self-confident financial expert Paley had hand-picked as president four years ear lier. Under Taylor, CBS profits had climbed to new rec ord levels. In the past decade, Paley had balked at turning over real authority to two other presidents, Frank Stanton and Charles Ireland...
...Empire does even half as well as its predecessor, Lucas has big personal plans for the future. He and his wife Marcia, 34, a top film editor in her own right, have bought 2,000 acres in Marin Country, about 50 miles north of San Francis co., where Lucas wants to set up a colony in which young film makers can practice their skills. "I'm trying to develop a place that is designed to stimulate creativity, especially among writers. They will have Monday-morning story conferences, and then we'll let them go off and write, good...