Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Spence's predecessor as dean, Geyser UniversityProfessor Henry Rosovsky has also been mentionedas a possible temporary replacement, although heis now a member of the Harvard Corporation, theUniversity's chief governing body...
...ways never imagined. In a surprise court victory last week, the ailing Olympic Federal Savings of Berwyn, Ill., convinced federal Judge Royce Lamberth that the Government's Office of Thrift Supervision currently has no power to seize the S&L. Reason: acting OTS director Salvatore Martoche and his predecessor, M. Danny Wall, were never constitutionally appointed to their posts...
Although still considered experimental, Ofek-2 (the name means Horizon in Hebrew) is equipped with a state-of-the-art high-resolution electro-optical camera and is programmed to circle the globe for at least two years. Its predecessor, Ofek-1, was launched in September 1988 and stayed aloft four months...
...Peabody Museum has specialized in Native American culture since its inception in 1867, said Brown. But storage renovations in the early 1980s closed the previous exhibit, and the new Native American display is significantly larger than its predecessor, said Brown...
Last week Iran's supreme spiritual leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, reaffirmed the death sentence against Rushdie proclaimed a year ago by his predecessor, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. "Mercenary hands which try to diminish Islam by cultural plots like writing blasphemous books," Khamenei said, would be punished...