Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While Murphy may be Siedlecki's foremost foe during The Game, the newest Bulldog's greatest challenge will be filling the shoes of his vaunted predecessor...
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly officially approved Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan to succeed Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. TIME's Marguerite Michaels says Annan will begin his term on January 1 on significantly better footing with the U.S. than his predecessor: "Five years ago, when Boutros-Ghali was being considered, the U.S. was apprehensive because even then he had a reputation for arrogance. He was also not an administrator, which is what the U.S. wanted." Annan, on the other hand, is the United States' hand-picked choice, and resentment of that fact will undoubtedly hinder the diplomat's relations...
...restaurant plans to price itself about five dollars below its predecessor, with lunch ranging from $5 to $9 and dinner starting...
Oxford CEO Rubenstein insists that Oxford is "vastly different" from its predecessor, Reynolds Kendrick Stratton, "with new management, new personnel and an entirely different business focus. There is simply no comparison between the two firms." One thing hasn't changed, however: the Kott connection. Several major JB Oxford shareholders have been closely associated with Kott or with stocks pushed through Kott-connected boiler rooms. Felix Oeri, a Swiss financier who is Oxford's biggest stockholder, bought a large block of Hariston stock a few years ago after it was recommended to him by Kott. (Oeri says he's lost money...
Unlike its predecessor, JB Oxford & Co. would be a discount stockbroker--essentially a passive order taker for customers who wanted to save money on commissions...