Word: successor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...automatically reaffirmed at each session, solely on the basis of their length of service in office. In a confused series of events, no fewer than four of the arbitrary elderly chairmen of House committees were at least temporarily deposed. Although two were fighting to regain their posts, and no successor was certain of approval in any of the four positions, the action jolted the leaders of all 21 House committees into a new awareness: they will have to heed their colleagues and perform effectively if they wish to retain their power...
Kung Fu is essentially an Oriental successor to the Bump, which in turn was preceded on the dance floor by the Philly-Dog, the Boston Monkey, the Boogaloo, the Frug, the Roach, the Pony, the Watusi, the Mashed Potato, Jack-the-Ripper, the Fly, La Pachanga, the Dish Rag, the Slop, the Hully Gully, the Horse, the Twist and the Madison (renamed the Stomp). And before that, as exhumed by late-night World War II movies, there was Frank Sinatra jitterbugging...
...never served in the armed forces, Hebert has shown a surprising willingness, even anxiousness, to send Americans to die in Southeast Asia. His removal as Armed Services Chairman is a welcome sign. His successor Melvin Price doesn't appear to be much of an improvement, but has supported some positive social legislation during his terms in Congress...
Last week, nearly a full month after the board accepted Leiding's resignation, it finally agreed on a successor. He is Toni Schmücker, 53, an outsider who was until recently president of Rheinstahl AG, a large steel company. But Schmücker is no stranger to the auto business: he spent 30 years with Ford of Germany, rising to director of sales. Yet his reputation as a corporate reorganizer dates from 1968, when he jumped from Ford to Rheinstahl, a once profitable firm that had been driven into the red by severe cost problems. Schmücker...
...level four-member committee--made up of Bok, Putnam, Francis H. Burr '35, senior fellow of the Corporation, and F. Stanton Deland '36, president of the board of Overseers--will choose Nickerson's successor, probably by late spring...