Word: successor
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...give, endlessly, without the expectation of receiving anything but gratitude from her congregation of the poor, sick, dying and abandoned. In Calcutta she was free to live and carry out her life's mission in a state that has for many years been governed by a communist majority. Her successor, Sister Nirmala, was free to give up her Hindu religion and embrace Mother Teresa's philosophy in the Roman Catholic tradition. And politicians of many a hue were wary about interfering with her goodness. Weep not, for much good has come from this frail and wonderful woman. LEKHA SUBAIYA...
...loss was immediately felt," said R. Alan Ezekowitz, the current Wilder professor of pediatrics and Medearis' successor at MGH. "We miss him already...
...leading once sleepy Motorola into the digital age, Fisher is on the short list for many high-profile ceo jobs that become available. He spurned an offer to head IBM before Louis Gerstner took that turnaround job in 1993. More recently, Fisher was widely viewed as a possible successor to AT&T chairman Robert Allen. Perhaps partly to scotch speculation that he might be leaving, Fisher agreed to lead Kodak until December 2000 and was rewarded with options to buy 2 million shares at an exercise price of some $90 per share--now far under water. "My job here...
...much to strip the place of cobwebs, break down its seniority system and open the way to more stylish writing. In later years, however, his reign became autocratic and oppressive--creating a now legendary "climate of fear" that the newspaper is still trying to shake off. Rosenthal's successor as executive editor, Max Frankel, tried diligently to lighten the mood and loosen up the front page, with more life-style and culture stories...
Beyer says some Arafat supporters speculate the TV report was part of an Israeli effort to undermine Arafat. Indeed, Mossad often styles itself as a "Western intelligence source." What the speculation could do is undermine Middle East peace negotiations by opening an inevitably divisive debate among Palestinians over his successor. Arafat, meanwhile, fended off rumors of illness by telling a recent visitor he exercises on a stationary bike every day, and by rolling up his pants to reveal a very muscular...