Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shaky cease-fire shifted attention back to Lebanon's complicated political situation, which was about as impenetrable as the khamsin. Parliament in a hasty session had ratified a constitutional amendment authorizing early election of a new President to succeed Suleiman Franjieh, and the stubborn Maronite Christian Chief Executive finally agreed to step down. His successor must be one on whom all factions can agree, and one, moreover, acceptable to neighboring Syria. That might boost the chances of Elias Sarkis, quiet governor of Lebanon's central bank, while dampening those of Centrist Raymond Eddé, an outspokenly antiright wing...
...company soon. But, insisted Hef, who will stay on as chairman and chief executive, "I'm satisfied with what I've accomplished; my place in history seems pretty well assured." He added: "I don't feel the need to prove myself, or the compulsion to succeed that I once did." Although troubled by corporate woes, the old hutchkeeper showed only smiles as Girl Friend Barbi Benton, 27, Daughter Christie, 23, and 150 old chums, including Actor Elliott Gould and Author Gay Talese, gathered to celebrate his 50th birthday at Hefner's 30-room...
...Sinologists. But few expected he would also gain a second and in some ways more significant post. Hua was also given a newly created title -First Vice Chairman of the Communist Party (there are now only two other Vice Chairmen). That clearly designated him as the leading candidate to succeed Mao Tse-tung eventually as Chairman of China's Communist Party...
...Sunday Times poundage. For years the edition has provided a Sabbath's activity for the city's sedentary and a rich lode of guilt for those who know they should read all the news fit to print on any Sunday, but don't quite succeed. Within the New York Times Co., it was a proudly independent kingdom, with a management and staff separate from that of the daily Times...
Part of this reaction evolves out of the well-circulated rumor that McCue is being groomed to succeed Kilbridge. The dean has frequently been the subject of controversy during his six-and-one-half-year tenure...