Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lose it. Last week Stringer, 44, was named president of CBS News, the third person to hold that post in less than a year. Last December Edward Joyce was ousted and replaced by his boss and predecessor, Van Gordon Sauter. Nine months later Sauter himself was forced out after Tisch wrested control of the company from then Chairman Thomas Wyman. The appointment of Stringer, a highly regarded 18-year veteran of CBS News, brought cheer to most staffers and may have finally signaled an end to a painful period of turmoil at TV's most prestigious news division...
...pump dates from 1936 and replaced an earlier version which commemorated the pump from which students had to draw their water in the 18th century. Popular legend has it that the pump's immediate predecessor was blown up by students...
...form of a letter concerning a fired employee's suit against the Department of Revenue. The memo, which Hampers sent to the attorney general's office while she was revenue commissioner, referred to Benjamen Rosales, who contested his firing as the department's legal counsel by Hampers' predecessor. The letter implies that Hampers was willing to settle out of court although the department had a good chance of defeating the suit. She denied signing it until three independent handwriting experts determined that the signature was genuine...
...billion) had already picked up quite a bit. The 15-member BankAmerica board had met over the previous weekend to recall Clausen hastily from his retirement in Washington. His task: to take over as chief executive officer from the man who was both his successor and now his predecessor, President Samuel Armacost, 47, who resigned on Oct. 10. Directors also bade farewell to BankAmerica Chairman Leland Prussia, 57, who took early retirement. Now Clausen must deal quickly with a flood of red ink amounting to almost $1 billion in losses in the past five quarters at BankAmerica. He also faces...
...Barracks Thief," writes accurately about the myriad isolations of military life. "The Barracks Thief" is about a boy so angry he has no space for other emotions; he falls naturally into soldiering. "Soldier's Joy" hearkens back to the emotional territory of "The Barracks Thief." The story, like its predecessor, is about how soldiers socialize, or fail to socialize with one another...