Word: successor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nation, Ford's investiture meant more than simply having a Veep once again. In the light of Richard Nixon's traumatized presidency, Ford would become a distinctly thinkable successor. This in turn rendered the prospect of resignation or impeachment less frightening to many people...
...York's liberal Republican Senator Jacob Javits, who is up for reelection next year, predicted that the question of Nixon's resignation "will probably come to the front" now that a logical successor is at hand. More surprising, conservative Ohio Congressman John M. Ashbrook declared bluntly: "I have found an increasing number of people, party loyalists, who believe the only hope for the Republican Party and the country is his resignation...
Wilbur K. Jordan, Notestein's successor, called her "one of the great women of our generation...
Vorenberg, who resigned his original post after Cox was fired by President Nixon on October 21, will be a special part-time consultant to Cox's successor, Leon Jaworski. James Doyle, spokesman for the prosecution team, said that Vorenberg will come to Washington at least every other Thursday, as he did when Cox was in charge of the investigation...
...HYPOTHETICAL situation: a pivotal Midwestern district in the United Steelworkers Union is holding an election for the district presidency. A young black reformer is running against the old boss's hand-picked successor, and the race has attracted national attention. Time magazine sends its Chicago correspondent out to cover the story. The correspondent spends two days in the district, interviews the wrong people and misspells half the important names. The weekly newsmagazine's New York headquarters adds further errors in editing, and steelworkers glancing later at the brief story gape in amazement. Time has a circulation of over 4 million...