Word: predecessors
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Immediately after hearing Rabin's message, the Bush Administration moved to reconstruct ties that were badly strained under Rabin's predecessor, Yitzhak Shamir of the right-wing Likud party. Bush dispatched Secretary of State James Baker to meet with the new Israeli administration and arrange for the next round of regional peace talks, scheduled to take place in Rome in a month or two. Given Rabin's pledge to slow construction of settlements in the occupied territories, Israeli and American officials expressed confidence that Washington would approve at least part of the $10 billion in loan guarantees Jerusalem is seeking...
Each party has its own agenda and political constraints in approaching the others. Rabin has three immediate priorities, all linked: quick progress with the Palestinians; repairing the damage done to Israel's ties with Washington during the tenure of his predecessor, Yitzhak Shamir; rerouting Israeli shekels from building settlements in the occupied territories to creating jobs and absorbing immigrants...
Yeltsin was surely aware that many Administration officials still tended to view him as a bumpkin and that he needed to overcome Washington's nostalgia for his sophisticated predecessor, Mikhail Gorbachev. He succeeded with a confident, bravura performance that became a personal triumph...
Although the vote tally is still not complete, Ramos is cautiously staking his claim to office. Voters and political experts alike, however, still wonder whether Ramos is up to the job. Acknowledging the sensitive issue of his predecessor's shortcomings, Ramos has pledged to "improve on the deficiencies and defects" that marked Aquino's tenure...
...instance, Bok's tenure as presidentinitially promised to be quite different from thatof his predecessor, Nathan M. Pusey...