Word: successor
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FRANCO'S DEATH opens the way for Spain to throw off the shackles of his authoritarian state and to recommence the process of building an egalitarian, democratic Spain begun under the Second Republic. But there are many obstacles on this path. King Juan Carlos, Franco's designated successor, is a creature of the official politicians Franco left behind. He is sworn to uphold the principles of the Franco state and refused to promise change in his inaugural address. The amnesty Juan Carlos announced last week for political prisoners has been justly denounced by the leaders of the democratic opposition...
...search committee comprised of Harvard coach Tom Sanders, Assistant Athletic Director Niki Janus, and Radcliffe co-captains Maude Wood and Sue Williams, was formed immediately to find a successor to McCarthy...
...groups in the army and among the workers. Attempts to replace maverick leftist General Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho−who openly sympathizes with riotous workers' demonstrations−as military commander of Lisbon failed when leftist commanders of the Lisbon units met and refused to accept Otelo's successor. The defeat was an ominous one for Pinheiro de Azevedo's Sixth Provisional government...
...state visit in December. How well she can cope with the city's problems may help determine her political future in a country where elections have been suspended. "In any case," observed a high government official last week, "she towers above all other possible candidates as the natural successor to the President...
...helping to govern the church. In 1973 and 1974 Pope Paul VI broadly hinted he might go further and admit a few ordinary bishops to the conclave that elects a pope. But last week, when Paul-frail but vigorous at age 78-released the rules for choosing his successor, the cardinals-only tradition survived intact...