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Gutmann said that she, like her predecessor, would continue to fundraise extensively for the university, which lags behind rivals in the size of its endowment...
...President I know is one who is fully engaged, who does ask tough questions, who pesters me all the time with questions." JOHN SNOW, O'Neill's successor as Treasury Secretary, disputing his predecessor's depiction...
DIED. PIERRE CHARLES, 49, Prime Minister of the Caribbean island of Dominica; apparently of a heart attack; in Dominica. A former teacher who became the country's longest-serving legislator and a critic of U.S. policy in the Caribbean, he was appointed head of state in 2000 after his predecessor died, also of a heart attack...
...building projects remain to be negotiated, the Agassiz agreement is a jewel in the crown of Alan J. Stone, Harvard’s vice president of government, community and public affairs, who—in his first two years on the job—has focused more than his predecessor on improving ties with Cambridge communities. The success in Agassiz can provide a framework for dealing with residents of Allston, Harvard’s newest frontier...
...month since Colgan's death, the soldiers have been slow to warm to his replacement, Van Engelen, a stolid, tobacco-spitting 24-year-old who lacks his predecessor's charisma. "I still ain't used to him," mutters Whiteside. "There's a difference of experience." Buxton has become a more active, though neurotic leader. Tonight he spends half an hour drawing up different seating arrangements in the three humvees. As the Tomb Raiders grease their guns and pack flashlights and zip-ties (for cuffing hands) into their flak vests, Winston, the platoon's weathered senior sergeant, briefs them...