Word: successor
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...Craig makes a good record and can hold control of Indiana's G.O.P. machinery, he will have a good chance to name his successor in 1956 (Indiana law bars a governor from succeeding himself). He has said he will not run against Homer Capehart in 1956, but he has not said what he intends to do in 1958, when Jenner's present term ends. With firm power Craig might be able to control both senatorial nominations. On the other hand, if Jenner can stop Craig from consolidating his strength, Jenner will stand a good chance of seating...
...traditional smiling handshake, ducked out of a side door, where he was cheered by 200 waiting supporters. Nonetheless, Edgar Faure was given a fair chance to survive a while: the Deputies who had come to hate Mendès had an interest in making Mendès' successor look good. With Mendès gone, many dedicated "Europeans" have abandoned their stubborn opposition to the Paris accords, are willing to support them unreservedly...
...Union; he knew next to nothing about banking but became head of the GOSBANK, the Soviet Federal Reserve. In the '30s at Stalin's order. Nikolai Bulganin. rising executive, was elected chairman of the Moscow Soviet-for six years he was in effect mayor of Moscow (his successor:Nikita Khrushchev). Bulganin traveled abroad, bringing back such improvements as a fleet of trolley buses, a manual of French traffic 20 signals and an order for natty white gloves for Moscow's traffic cops...
Last week Director Boone, 65 and ailing, prepared to step down after four years on the job. His hand-picked successor: Dr. William S. Middleton, 65, former dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School and military medico of long standing (he served on loan to the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in World War I, as colonel in the Army Medical Corps in Europe during World...
...through Berlin and broke the windows of nearly every Jewish shop in the city. Fourteen synagogues and 25 prayer rooms in what is now West Berlin were set afire. Last week, after years of fitful negotiation, the city of West Berlin settled for the damages. To the Jewish Restitution Successor Organizations and the Jewish Community will go 9,600,000 Deutsch marks ($2,280,000). The city also agreed to forgive payment of a $333,000 loan it had made the Jewish Community to help in rebuilding synagogues and welfare buildings. Rebuilt to date: five synagogues, one hospital, one community...