Word: successor
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...Johnson, for example, took 57% of the vote in 1964, v. 43% for Barry Gold water. In 1972 Richard Nixon beat George Mc-Govern by almost exactly the same margin. All the while, Ford kept his seat with majorities of 60% or more. Even so, Jerry Ford's successor in Congress is a Democrat, Richard Vander Veen...
...chief executive who knows what needs to be done," Lewis W. Hill, whose list of titles includes Commissioner of Development and Planning and Commissioner of Urban Renewal, said early last month. Many City Hall insiders say Hill is the second most powerful man in city government and a possible successor to Daley...
Hill sees nobody with the prestige or the organizational genius of Daley emerging to take his place, and he says Daley would be unlikely to anoint his own successor. "Men of power rarely create their successors--like some medieval kings who would kill their sons to preserve their power and reputation," Hill said. This could mean trouble for those who depend on a "Boss" for their livelihoods...
...continuing box office appeal may have been one reason why Tynan, 49, decided to go back on the bawds with a successor to Calcutta. Somewhat coyly called Carte Blanche and co-produced by Hillard Elkins, Tynan's Calcutta confrere, the project was not without risk. As Elkins noted: "Calcutta was easier in a way because nothing like it had been done before. Now we are competing with other sexual shows and films." Or, to put it in terms that Gypsy Rose Lee would understand: After you take it all off, what do you do for an encore...
When Leonard leaves for Fisk, Harvard will lose its staunchest supporter of affirmative action--a man who has spent his years here working with the goal of increasing the number of women and minorities at all levels of the University. His successor will have a difficult time picking up; in the past year, Bok has taken a step away from active support of Leonard, refusing to take a stand against Dean Rosovsky in certain actions when Leonard called for it. But Leonard's outspoken attitude has enabled him to resist even passive attacks of this sort...