Word: succeeds
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EASY DOES IT, YOUNG MAN. Will Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, 68, eventually succeed Deng Xiaoping, 84, as China's leader? A recent spasm of economic unrest did not help his chances. Zhao reluctantly called for a slowdown in the pace of reform. But that decision is likely to slow his ascension. China's veteran military commanders will now wait to see if Zhao, once considered a shoo-in to succeed Deng, can put the economy back on course...
WISCONSIN. Democrat William Proxmire used to pay the $145 filing fee, and that constituted his total campaign expenditure. This year it cost supermarket magnate Herbert Kohl $3 million of his own money just to succeed the retiring Proxmire as the Democratic nominee. Kohl, owner of the Milwaukee Bucks . basketball team, makes a virtue of his wealth: "a Senator just for you." He will face the only woman nominated for a Senate seat this year, Susan Engeleiter, a moderate who is Republican leader of the state senate...
MAINE Popular George Mitchell is concentrating on the race to succeed retiring majority leader Robert Byrd...
Steven Jobs, the former chairman of Apple, attempts a comeback with a $6,500 matte black machine that is packed with the right stuff. But will it be too late -- and too expensive -- to succeed...
Bartlett Giamatti, another 'dog from Yale, was named this summer to succeed Peter Ueberroth as baseball commissioner, and now Orel "The Bulldog" Hershiser has led the Los Angeles Dodgers to the World Series Championship and, in the process, was named MVP of the series following his complete game, 5-2 win in Game 5 over the Oakland...