Word: successor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Langton called his successor "a leader and a winner and I think the guys recognized that and that's why they picked...
...forced out of office. One of his cabinet members, Transportation Secretary Harry Hughes, 51, quit in May 1977 in protest against an attempt to meddle with Baltimore subway contracts. Hughes, once so obscure that he was described as "a lost ball in long grass," in September upset Mandel's successor, Acting Governor Blair Lee III. Last week, Hughes' fresh face was too much for for mer Republican Senator J. Glenn Beall Jr., who had difficulty explaining why he had accepted campaign funds in 1970 from an illegal fund-raising operation organized by the Nixon White House. Hughes buried Beall...
...Common Council. Their ads for the party ticket included his picture and stressed his 16 years of service on the council. They did not mention that he died soon after the ballots were printed. The Democrats urged his re-election so that the party could select his successor. Voters chose a live Republican instead...
After the Mob's last overlord, Carlo Gambino, died of natural causes in 1976, New York's Galante strutted about the streets as though he were the anointed successor. Despite much press attention, the longtime bootlegger, drug king, racketeer and killer never reached the top. Law enforcement officials figure that Lillo now will be lucky just to keep on living and that his best chance of doing so rests upon protection from federal agents-the hated enemies who have kept him locked up for more than 20 years, one-third of his life...
...advance billing. That show is Roots: The Next Generations, ABC's sequel to the most popular TV entertainment of all time. When this 14-hour production airs over seven nights in early February, upwards of 100 million viewers may tune in to see if it is a worthy successor to the original Roots. ABC expects a huge audience but a tough one. Explains Network Senior Vice President Brandon Stoddard: "The real apprehension is not whether we're going to get a 66 share in the Nielsens again. Based on the original run and this fall's rerun...