Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dean of the Law School James Vorenberg '49 said that the school had appointed the new deans to succeed four administrators who resigned, and not because he sought to change specific programs. But he said the deans were likely to create new policies and programs...
...offered the new post, said the move had been long in the making as he had grown tired of his job, and that the opportunity to become involved in teaching was too good to pass up. Robert H. Scott, vice president for administration, was designated in August to succeed O'Brien, opening up another plum job in the Mass Hall administration...
...complained that Reagan in action has never matched the ideological oratory that so thrills them on the stump. But as the silent tableau in the Roosevelt Room indicated, their dissatisfaction is plumbing new depths, which could make trouble not only for Reagan but also for the Republican aspirants to succeed...
...sometimes irritating experience. Normal expectations that characters will become more understandable as they forge ahead into an unknown future are thwarted. Simon, for example, raises questions with his behavior in the first chapter. How long can this elfin man stay married to his serious, intense wife? Will he succeed as an actor? Answers are not forthcoming. Simon disappears from the book at the point where he enters Dorsey's life...
...Villamor Air Base, adjoining Manila International Airport, trapping General Antonio Sotelo, the air force commander, in his office. A contingent of 300 men talked their way into Manila's Camp Aguinaldo, headquarters of the national defense forces and the general staff. Only late on Friday did progovernment forces succeed in routing the rebels...