Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President," he declared, addressing his remarks to an American President 6,000 miles away, "this is a political matter. You need to get closer to Saudi Arabia. Maybe you need to shake hands with King Hussein [of Jordan] after he was on no-speaking terms with your predecessor, Mr. Carter." Then, drawing himself even straighter, the Prime Minister shouted: "To us it is our life!" His fist crashed onto the table. "Our homeland!" Crash! "The land of our fathers and sons!" Crash! "Judea and Samaria will be for the Jewish people for generations upon generations!" Crash...
Begin's rhetoric was more high-pitched, his images more starkly drawn than his predecessor's. All of Israel's older generation of statesmen had been deeply affected by the Holocaust-many in tragically personal ways, as was Begin-but Begin somehow seemed more indelibly marked by it, almost in fact to the point of obsession...
...according to some Western analysts, is Vitali Fedorchuk, who replaced Yuri Andropov as head of the secret police last May. Fedorchuk, who won a reputation for harsh treatment of dissidents when he was the KGB's chief in the Ukraine, is believed to be more sensitive than his predecessor to police complaints that there is too much contact between Soviet citizens and the outside world...
...Like his predecessor Murray Weidenbaum, who resigned to return to teaching. Feldstein is known for his agreement with the Administration's efforts to trim deficits by cutting non-defense spending. But government analysts are unsure how Feldstein will handle two issues which apparently discouraged Weidenbaum during his tenure, the Administration's enthusiastic predictions of economic recovery in the face of high unemployment and interest rates: and the President's determination to extend his overall tax-cut program through a planned third year...
...Like his predecessor Murray Weidenbaum, who resigned to return to teaching. Feldstein is known for his agreement with the Administration's efforts to trim deficits by cutting non-defence spending. But government analysts are unsure how Feldstein will handle two issues which apparently discouraged Weidenbaum during his tenure the Administration's enthusiastic predictions of economic recovery in the face of high unemployment and interest rates and the President's determination to extend his overall tax-cut program through a planned third year...