Word: succession
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Frank Kush was the classic all-American success story. One of 15 children, he grew up in a company-owned house above coal Mine 35 outside Johnstown, Pa., won a football scholarship to Michigan State University, and in 1958 was named head coach at Arizona State in Tempe. There his Sun Devils became one of the toughest teams in the country. Kush's coaching record of 176 wins, 54 losses and one tie was second only to that of Alabama's Bear Bryant...
...Botswana and Angola), which provide crucial support to the guerrillas. Staggering under severe economic pressures, these countries have been urging their Patriotic Front wards to negotiate a settlement of the costly seven-year war. Frontline leaders were shocked by Carrington's strong-handed tactics and feared that the success of the talks was being "jeopardized" by a mere technicality. Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, a key sponsor of the Lancaster House talks, invited the other front-line Presidents to an emergency summit at Dares Salaam to seek a way out of the apparent impasse. The meeting fully supported the guerrillas...
...soon as the reader is certain of the workers' distrust of unions and the success of Stevens' anti-union propaganda campaigns, Conway injects the National Labor Relations Board evidence. In 1972, the Board determined that in these elections, the workers voted under coersion and the threat of illegal firing. The Board also identified instances of price fixing, wiretapping, tax fraud, violation of health and safety standards, are racial discrimination by Stevens officials...
Sources in the development office said yesterday alumni have pledged at least $52 million in advance contributions. Fund--raising officials traditionally gauge a campaign's chances for success on the size of donors' advance pledges...
Despite enjoying immediate success in local summer competitions, Eichner did not get serious about running until junior high school...