Word: predecessors
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...delegates who did not represent a national bishops' conference but was appointed by the Pope, gained in stature. He could be poised to become the leader of the conservative wing of the U.S. hierarchy. Prominent among the progressives was Godfried Cardinal Danneels, 52, of Belgium, a disciple of his predecessor Leo Jozef Cardinal Suenens, one of the great liberals of the Second Vatican Council. John Paul's appointment of Danneels as the synod official assigned to summarize the discussions was one indication that the Pope is not quite so conservative as he is sometimes depicted. So was the Pope...
...last month's visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales, Nancy and Ronald Reagan are now entertaining a King Charles at the White House. A King Charles spaniel, that is. Rex, as he is regally named, should reign longer as First Dog than did his recently deposed predecessor, Lucky, whose 65 lbs. and high spirits got him exiled to the Reagan ranch in California after only a year at the White House. Fully grown at 16 lbs., Rex promises to be more compatible with the diminutive First Lady. Furthermore, he has impeccable conservative papers. His sister...
...Like his predecessor, Coleman views DEA's success not in the number of arrests agents make but in the quality of arrests...
Roby has shown a greater willingness to go to his bench than his predecessor, and a great wealth of freshmen talent awaits him there. Guard Gielen--who has reached double figures off the bench in each of Harvard's first two games--looks like the best of the bunch...
What's more, Berndt's ability to turn the 1982 team--recruited almost entirely by his predecessor--into college football's biggest surprise of 1982 paid immediate dividends...