Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rumors that Chiang's son will succeed him. The Republic of China is a constitutional democracy. Since 1947, when the constitution came into effect, the President and Vice President have been elected by the National Assembly in accordance with the constitution and the law of election and recall of the President and the Vice President, and this will be the case in the future. Therefore, there is no problem in the succession to the presidency. Meanwhile, as President, it is my responsibility to safeguard the constitution and to maintain democracy and the rule of law. As to the succession...
...Elis won six of their last seven games--coming from behind in the final three--to finish second in the Ancient Eight. This year Yale is ready to pick up where it left off and, with Penn, is the team most likely to succeed in this year's Ivy Class...
...were arrested. Students at the University of Cape Town tried to march on the nearby Groote Schuur estate, which contains the official residence of President Botha, but they too were turned back. Later in the day, when it was clear that the march in Cape Town could not succeed, Boesak's wife Dorothy appeared at a press conference and read from a scroll that the demonstrators had hoped to deliver to the imprisoned Mandela. "When our recognized leaders are in jail," it said, "there can only be rebellion in the streets...
...movement, Pittsburgh and other recent strikes serve as tests for the future. Just about every worker sometime in his or her lifetime will have to confront an unfair management move, whether it be during an economic revovery or a recession. But whatever the time, workers can never hope to succeed as isolated individuals voicing discontent with the status quo. Rather, success will only come through the efforts of a unified organization that serves as a formidable challenge to the institutions that decide how people will spend their working lives...
...nomination is approved, Sethness will succeed Thomas Healey, who had asked him if he was interested in being considered...