Word: successor
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...publicized trip to impoverished villages in northwestern China, a region that has not benefited from Deng's economic reforms. He was filmed walking through fields and visiting the elderly in scenes reminiscent of Mao Zedong's propaganda, not Deng's. The message was that Jiang was not a mere successor to Deng but a leader in the mold of Mao, for whom many Chinese, especially those in the countryside, are increasingly nostalgic. Some experts say Jiang's willingness to distance himself from Deng and his policies implies that Deng's health is in rapid decline. If so, the recent agitation...
...successor might also be described as a Renaissance man. A onetime member of the Harvard Lampoon staff and a Rhodes scholar, Isaacson is equally at home in his native New Orleans, in London, where he began his career in journalism, in Washington, which he covered with distinction as a TIME political correspondent, and in New York City. Actually, he did feel a little lost after turning in his first story for TIME back in 1978. The lead of the piece, which began "Prior to taking office, Jimmy Carter...," was circled by then editor-in-chief Henry Grunwald (who had been...
...cucumber for a very long time. It was clear how he was going to do it. He shoots Rabin with the gun virtually against his skin." Beyer says the tape clearly shows that Yigal Amir, who has confessed to plotting to kill both Rabin and his dovish successor as prime minister, Shimon Peres, had at least two chances to kill Peres as well. "He decided not to kill Peres simply because then he would not have had an opportunity to kill Rabin. But there was nothing to stop him. This is not like the Zapruder film; there is not going...
Sony's big problem, however, is that it risks losing its role as a leading-edge producer of electronic equipment. It has fallen behind Time Warner and Toshiba in the race to set the standard for a successor to the videocassette player called the digital video disc, which offers sharply improved picture quality. And some experts are scathing about Sony's plans to develop its own brand of personal computers with chipmaker Intel. Says Bibb: "The profits are going to hell in the PC market...
DIED. THOMAS WASHINGTON, 58, president of the National Rifle Association; three weeks after suffering a heart attack while deer hunting; in Dearborn, Michigan. His successor, Marion P. Hammer, is the N.R.A.'s first female head...