Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tried to emphasize his ties to Reagan, as well as his clout and power in the Senate. But few of his colleagues have helped him in his battle. Many far-right Republicans want Percy out so that North Carolina's Jesse Helms, champion of the Moral Majority, might succeed him as head of the Foreign Relations Committee. A group of national conservatives went so far as to endorse a Libertarian candidate in the Illinois race rather than Percy, whom they called a "partisan Democrat in Republican's clothing." Percy denounced the group as "part of the kooky right...
...other California friends are likely candidates for the short list: outgoing Attorney General William French Smith and the man nominated by Reagan to succeed him, White House Counsellor Edwin Meese. Smith, 67, practiced labor law for a large Los Angeles firm (he represented management) and has no experience on the bench. Meese, 53, a former professor at San Diego Law School, is best known in legal circles for his law-and-order views. He once called the American Civil Liberties Union "a criminals' lobby." A special prosecutor last month cleared Meese of any criminal wrongdoing in connection with giving...
...Writer Jean-Marie Benoist, because "it restored his confidence." Giscard campaigned in a downhome, American style, calling the charge that he is out of touch "a myth." While some political analysts see his victory as an indication of dissatisfaction with Mitterrand, others wonder whether Giscard's return will succeed only in further fracturing the center-right...
...This week the company will announce that Bruce Crawford, 55, president of the BBDO International advertising agency, will succeed Anthony A. Bliss as Met general manager...
...military planners have been trying for several years now to devise military equipment that can be operated with picture symbols. When and if they succeed, another milestone in nondiscrimination will have been passed--the literacy barrier. Try to ignore the preposterous image of an illiterate soldier poking his or her finger at a pretty, multicolored computer graphic to launch our country's most expensive high-tech armaments. Concentrate instead on the whole new class of desperately poor, conveniently patriotic citizens who could then be pronounced fit for service...