Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Marines now trumpet matrimony. Four years ago, General Carl Mundy, Krulak's predecessor, was denounced for trying to bar married Marine recruits. But earlier this year, the corps heralded the wedding of a young Marine couple that left for boot camp at Parris Island shortly after they exchanged vows. "We'd see each other when our formations passed each other," recalls Private Sarah Wallace of Sioux City, Iowa, the uniformed bride...
...exit, only eight months after he was plucked from R.R. Donnelley & Sons following a high-profile executive search, is the latest in a series of blunders that have cost AT&T in lost business, a slow leak of top executives and a falling stock price. Last August, Walter's predecessor, Alex Mandl, resigned after a seven-month tenure, similarly frustrated in his quest to become...
Another movie about aliens? Well, it takes all kinds to make a universe, I suppose. Coming so soon on the heels of "Men in Black," new-flick-on-the-block "Contact" does a 180-degree turn from the sassy, no-big-deal attitude of its predecessor. Here, communication with extraterrestrials is a very big deal, though there's nary a conventional alien (if there is such a thing) to be seen. The result is a thoughtful, honorably conceived film, with all the best intentions in the world, that, alas, is frequently dull and lacking in imagination, and drags...
...Joint Chiefs of Staff before the Senate leaves town in August. Worries about a double standard aside, many military experts said the uniformed services desperately need a leader with impeccable credentials in the realm of sexual ethics. In the wake of Cohen's dispensation, even Colin Powell, Shalikashvili's predecessor, privately grumbled to friends that an admitted adulterer is not the kind of leader the Pentagon wants as it investigates charges of sexual misconduct in the U.S. military...
...Given the fact that the group's last album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) had been lauded in hip-hop circles for its labyrinthine lyrics and creatively jagged production, the new CD was highly anticipated. And indeed, it arrives as a more imaginative and uplifting album than its predecessor...