Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sort of golden-age theory of the presidency. They look back on, say, Harry Truman and John Kennedy as historical giants. In fact, neither man looked all that imposing when he was in the White House. Truman was often vilified as an undistinguished little haberdasher, utterly unfit to succeed a demigod like Franklin Roosevelt. Those underwhelmed by the current presidential candidates might remember that much civilized American opinion in 1860 regarded Abraham Lincoln as a half-literate backwoods disaster...
Ginsburg, nominated by President Reagan to succeed retired Justice Lewis Powell on the court, apparently did not violate criminal conflict of interest laws because the company in which he invested was not a direct party to the case even though it could benefit from the ruling...
...harsh glare of television lights and strobe flashes, the 63-year-old man seemed tired. His fatigue was understandable. For months, Noboru Takeshita had been the front runner among three candidates to succeed Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japan's popular Prime Minister. But though he controlled the largest bloc of votes in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (L.D.P.), Takeshita did not have enough to take the office outright. Negotiations to persuade his rivals to withdraw were deadlocked. By 10 p.m. on the eve of a party vote, Takeshita, the consummate dealmaker, had realized there were no more deals to make. He reluctantly...
...father was a high-ranking official in the Edwards administration in the 1970s and went the way of many of his colleagues. He went to prison. Although during this campaign Edwards tried to entangle Roemer in the web of corruption that is Louisiana politics, he apparently did not succeed...
...capital for other battles he needs to fight, such as ratification of an arms treaty with the Soviets and continued aid to the contras. Reagan would be wise to listen to his chief of staff. Reagan would be even wiser to ask a moderate of Baker's stature to succeed Lewis. Powell on the Supreme Court...