Word: riverboats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Leonard Downie Jr., 48. Bradlee confirms that Downie is the chosen heir. His performance during six years as managing editor has provided an answer to the inevitable question about how Downie compares with Bradlee: the cautious and bureaucratic Downie would not even want to match the older editor's riverboat-gambler style. In contrast to Bradlee's instinct for the jugular, Downie is such a stickler for down-the- middle objectivity that he refuses to vote in any election. Whereas Bradlee was autocratic, Downie prefers to reach decisions by consensus. He sees his job as "setting priorities and settling fights...