Word: predecessors
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...Salvador seemed caught up in its internal affairs last week, Honduras and Nicaragua appeared preoccupied with foreign relations. In a veiled rebuke to the U.S., General Walter LÓpez Reyes, the commander of Honduras' armed forces, attacked the autocratic policies of his predecessor, General Gustavo Alvarez Martínez, who was ousted by the military in March. In a televised speech, LÓpez announced that the 37-member Armed Forces Superior Council was once again the final arbiter of all defense matters. Though Lopez did not criticize the U.S. directly, his talk served notice that Washington could...
Chances that the London summit will resolve these disputes are slim. The previous economic summits have concentrated on building a spirit of cooperation and have rarely achieved specific agreements on complicated financial matters. Looking back on the eight economic summits he attended as West German Chancellor, Kohl's predecessor, Helmut Schmidt, once reflected that the meetings were valuable not so much for what they accomplished as for what they avoided. He had in mind primarily resistance to curbs on free trade. Still, political harmony and economic discord are not an enduring combination-a point which the London gathering...
...Graves said, "A college president needs to remind himself every morning that he is just somebody else's predecessor...
...Francisco Bureau Chief Michael Moritz reported on that city's vice-presidential contender, Mayor Dianne Feinstein, and Associate Editor William R. Doerner, his predecessor as bureau chief, wrote the Feinstein story. Moritz points out that in San Francisco, female politicians now wield considerable power: six of eleven municipal supervisors are women, and so are the city treasurer and two of the area's congressional representatives. Sums up Moritz: "Feinstein has had to work harder, leap higher barriers and endure more political setbacks than most of the men who came before her. And the city is working better than...
What can this team--far younger than the 1983 edition--do that its predecessor couldn't? The biggest difference is baserunning. Last year's team stole 25 bases; this year's squad already has 69. Third baseman Bobby Kay (16 of 18) leads...