Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...classical music's best-known yet least understood figures. Ozawa has been music director of the Boston Symphony since 1973, and as one of the world's top maestros, he appears in such musical capitals as Berlin, Paris and Milan. Yet the first East Asian to succeed in a quintessentially Western art form remains solidly Japanese in temperament and outlook. It is this clash of cultures -- and its effect on his music making -- that makes him such a provocative figure...
...professors in the college can learn from their colleagues across the river, the Core may prove successful. If not, Harvard would be better off without it. Administrators who want to see the Core succeed have their work cut out for them, making sure professors learn to teach...
Even those who favored Deputy Director Robert Gates to succeed the ailing William Casey seem reconciled to Webster. "Anything is better than the current lack of direction," says a CIA official. Those who know the Judge well insist that he is the best man for the job, but for reasons that may not go down well with those agency types who are used to skirting the law to get things done. "They're bound to feel a little besieged at the CIA right now," said former Attorney General Griffin Bell, who recruited Webster for the FBI post. "The FBI felt...
...Senate to have had a long-shot chance at the presidency. He was, in fact, briefly a rival of Reagan's for the 1980 nomination, and was preparing a run for the 1988 prize when he agreed to fold his campaign and serve the man he had hoped to succeed. (Some noted cheekily that, given Reagan's "management style," this was Baker's chance to be acting President for 23 months...
Reagan may also have to look for a new CIA chief. He has nominated Deputy Director Robert Gates to succeed the ailing William Casey. Though the Tower commission found that Gates had played only a minor role in the sale of arms + to Iran, it raised suspicions that he might have been involved in the secret, and possibly illegal, provision of military assistance to the contras...