Word: successor
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...joined CBS in 1935, became president in 1946, and always expected to take over when the chairman reached retirement age of 65. But when that date finally arrived in 1966, Paley announced that he would not step down after all; it was Stanton who retired at 65. His successor was Charles T. Ireland, a financial expert hired away from International Telephone & Telegraph in 1971 to guide an ambitious acquisitions program. When Ireland died of a heart attack the next year, another outsider with financial savvy was brought in: Arthur Taylor, then a 37-year-old whiz kid from International Paper...
...successor, David L. Gorski, says he has altered the department to meet the changing demands of the University in response to a rising crime rate...
Isolated Actions. Both groups staged damaging raids-as did right-wing terrorists-against the inept regime of Perón's widow and successor, Isabel, 45. When Videla led an army coup that deposed Mrs. Perón (she remains under luxurious house arrest in the lake district), he promised that the government would exercise a "monopoly of force." In July the army cornered and killed ERP Leader Mario Santucho and two of his top aides. Last month government forces trapped the national political secretariat of the Montoneros; five of them were shot to death, and four others captured...
...first hints that a successor to Chairman Mao Tse-tung had been chosen came in a Hsinhua communique last week on the disposition of Mao's body. Capping a month of mourning, China's official news agency announced that the body of the Great Helmsman would be enshrined in a crystal sarcophagus in a mausoleum to be built in Peking. It was also noted that Mao's complete works would be prepared under the leadership of the Politburo, "headed by Comrade Hua Kuo-feng." It was the first time that Premier Hua had been referred...
Whether Hua is in firm command of the party, and whether the factions have temporarily settled their differences, may become clearer as other appointments are made. Sinologists expect Hua to give up the post of Premier. His logical successor would be Chang Ch'un Ch'iao, about 65, Vice Premier and head of the army's political department...