Word: succeeded
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...vanquished Democrats will be heard from in the future. Many of Carter's confidants speak warmly of Frank Church as a prospective Vice President (see story, page 15). Scoop Jackson also yearns to be Veep but stands much less of a chance. Humphrey would like to succeed retiring Mike Mansfield as Senate majority leader; but Senate Whip Robert Byrd of West Virginia has campaigned tirelessly for that job and has a long lead. Udall would like to compete for the Senate in 1980. The brightest future seems to belong to Jerry Brown, whose lower-thy-expec-tations lines turn...
...give up its goal of preventing the Arab radicals and the P.L.O. from gaining a free hand in Lebanon and provoking a confrontation with Israel. If there seems any strong danger of that, the Syrians could renew their military effort of last week. That, if successful, might finally succeed in imposing some kind of order in Lebanon. But it might also set the stage for, as one U.S. analyst put it, "something drastic happening": a further escalation in the fighting and the total disintegration of prospects for a political solution...
...President Ford intensify their courtship of uncommitted delegates, Reagan's performance may indeed prove costly. What is already being snidely referred to as "Reagan's Rhodesian Expeditionary Force" is the sort of blunder that is not likely to persuade delegates that Reagan is a candidate who can succeed next November...
Thus, however much Miki tries to take his case to the public, he still has the faction leaders to contend with. After all, he benefited from sealed-room politics in 1974, when the L.D.P. bosses, rocked by scandal, and factionalism, turned to him as a compromise candidate to succeed the disgraced Tanaka. Now, too, compromise could be the key concept. One possible outcome of the entire affair: party leaders would agree to let Miki stay in office until the Lockheed investigation is concluded-but only if he agrees to step down as Premier before the general elections...
...Fred Jewett '57, dean of admissions and financial aid, is also considered to be a prime candidate to succeed Charles P. Whitlock, the current dean, when he leaves his post on June...