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David Wilhelm's interim successor as chairman of the Democratic National Committee will be Debra DeLee, currently the party's No. 2 official and already scheduled to be the chief organizer of the 1996 Democratic Convention. DeLee was drafted from the National Education Association in order to reduce chaos at the DNC, where she has fired scores of underlings. It is expected ) that she will step down as chair next year -- and be replaced by one honored name or another from the party's 1994 roster of election losers...
...those excuses are valid, but two others are more important. First, there was no assurance then -- and there is none now either -- that a successor to Saddam would be less hostile to U.S. interests. "Saddamism without Saddam is a real possibility," says Richard Haass, who was Bush's top Middle East expert. "A new Iraqi dictator would undoubtedly be free of the sanctions crippling Baghdad today. Even those not eager to deal with Iraq would want to give the new guy a chance. Then, if he turned out like Saddam, he'd use the money he'd get when...
...dean also worked to bind schools more closely together, and faculty members say they want his successor to continue the effort...
...every day and dying. Most people can tolerate pathogenic exposure. The young and elderly cannot. There will be a massive food poisoning. And today an outbreak could affect so many people because of the concentration of industry." It will be up to the person Clinton appoints as Espy's successor to demonstrate whether safer food is a campaign promise on which the President can make good...
Knowles will not start looking for a successor to Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 until he decides on the future format of Jewett's job. A comprehensive report on the structure of Harvard College released two weeks ago suggests three alternative configuration for the post...