Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President's first requirement -- what Defense Secretary Les Aspin described as "somebody who can run military operations" -- the general is virtually unknown to the public and untutored in the ways of Congress and public relations. That could prove doubly attractive if it makes him more compliant than his predecessor...
...Staff, but a source close to the selection process has told Time that two candidates have emerged as front runners. Leading the pack is Air Force General George ("Lee") Butler, and for now Marine General Joseph Hoar is holding on to second place. Since Powell and his immediate predecessor have come from the Army and Navy respectively, the normal rotation would suggest that the next Joint Chiefs Chairman be a general, such as Butler, from the Air Force. Nonetheless, Hoar is considered a strong contender because of what some see as his first-rate job as head of America...
...Hizballah's top leaders show no signs of mellowing when they speak of their enemies. While Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, who took over as secretary- general last year after the Israelis killed his predecessor, opposes kidnapping Westerners, he scorns the U.S. "They are primarily responsible for all Israeli crimes," he says. His deputy, Sheik Naim Qassim, says last week's Israeli attacks will have no effect on Hizballah. "None of us is afraid to die," he says. "Our principles and aims are more important than our lives." Those aims include driving the Israelis from southern Lebanon and seeking...
...years later, we have Altered Beast, a 14-song album that features many of the same stellar sidemen who served on Girlfriend (most notably Robert Quine on guitar), as well as Mick Fleetwood and keyboardist Nicky Hopkins. Like its predecessor, the album alternates winsome ballads with bare-knuckled rockers that resurrect and update rock's blustery past with born-again conviction...
...last two years the University's central development office has hired an associate director for international fundraising and an East Asia development representative. While Rudenstine disbanded an "internationalization" office set up by his predecessor, Derek C. Bok, the new president seems to recognize the power of a specialized staff working on international issues in the fundraising office...