Word: predecessors
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...Gloves boxer and a decorated World War II bomber pilot, retreat under fire on the tax issue. "I have not called for a tax increase," he said. "I have suggested postponing any further tax decreases for the very wealthiest taxpayers." Says Christopher Matthews, a former aide to Wright's predecessor Tip O'Neill: "Wright is going to be feisty, and I'll bet you'll see him get off to a real fast start...
Perhaps a paradigm for Bok's 15th year is the outrageous dictum issued last week by Samuel C. Butler, president of the Board of Overseers, Harvard's alumni-elect governing body. In the notorious tradition of his immediate predecessor, Joan T. Bok, Butler has attempted to cut the board off from the community at large and restrict the free speech of its members. The New York lawyer issued a letter that warned overseers against allowing "leaks" to members of the press, recommending that any media inquiry receive "a no comment, followed by a polite goodbye." Though President...
Peter Chiarelli's predecessor as Harvard captain was also a big scorer. Scott Fusco wrapped up his season last year by winning the Hobey Baker Award and setting Crimson records for most career goals (107) and assists...
...blend is a delicate thing. Lately, it has been adjusting uneasily to a new professional bass, Winthrop Buswell. His predecessor, a divinity school graduate named Peter Vanderveen, is moving away from singing into the ministry, as the parish intern. He sings with the bass section now merely as a volunteer. "It's been more difficult for him to replace me, because I'm still here, than for me to step aside," says Vanderveen. But his friends in the choir say singing means more to Vanderveen than he realizes. His key ring is an organ stop labeled "choral bass...
Hours after he was sworn in, Ileto paid a courtesy call on Enrile and held a press conference at which he described his predecessor as an old friend. Soon afterward, the new Defense Minister was visited by some 30 RAM officers. "I preached to them about unity," Ileto said later. His visitors apparently listened. Commented one RAM member, Navy Captain Rex Robles: "The game is over...