Word: succeeded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...China today these are unusual, discomforting times: Deng himself is rumored to be near death, and the struggle to succeed him is well under way. Despite Chen's prestige, China's official media waited 28 hours to announce his death. By Wednesday it was clear that Chen, an old advocate of central planning who had opposed rapid economic reform, would not be buried with the same pageantry as other members of the revolutionary generation who have previously "gone to meet Marx." By week's end the regime had not even announced a date for lowering flags in Tiananmen Square...
...argument against the proposal, raised by Student Affairs Committee Chair Randall A. Fine '96, is that direct elections will not succeed in increasing student interest in the council. Fine notes that at the University of Kentucky, which has popular elections for student government officers, only 10 percent of the student body votes...
...male and a female crew member videotaped themselves having sex in a ship's compartment. The man was caught after he showed the tape to other sailors. "We have taken the focus away from being a potent fighting ship and made the Ike a showboat," grumbled a lieutenant. "We succeeded in this deployment, but would we succeed in combat...
...private security guards, nursing care and the upkeep of a $2 million Manhattan apartment. And of course it has a whiff of treachery. Behind the internal inquiry that led to the patriarch's undoing was chief executive officer J.P. Bolduc, 55, the very person Grace had groomed to succeed him. And naturally there's a hint of deceit. When Bolduc suddenly quit last month, the board of directors said it was because of "differences of style and philosophy." But as it later emerged, Bolduc was forced out in part because of an alleged history of sexual harassment. There...
...floated some graceful, filmy cocktail dresses in black and white. Both offerings were abbreviated compared with the 100-outfit extravaganza launched by de la Renta, but collections like these are among the small pleasures of following fashion. Feng and Tam stick strictly to what their fabrics tell them and succeed in creating highly individual silhouettes...