Word: successor
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...body. Apart from his curial position, Ratzinger was there as one of the Pope's dearest friends, and Vatican insiders have quietly speculated about this final encounter between the two men. Some, according to Vatican sources, actually believe the Pope prophesied to Ratzinger that the German would be his successor. Whatever form the conversation took, the Church administrator was indeed chosen three weeks later by his brother Cardinals to succeed John Paul II. The new Pope has stepped onto the world stage with grace, warmth and an understated clout, qualities that make him our choice for European Newsmaker...
...information. Malan wrote in an e-mail that he conceived of the idea after taking Computer Science 50: “Introduction to Computer Science” and Computer Science 51: “Introduction to Computer Science II”. “He [Shuttleboy] was actually the successor to “Menuboy”, who was a Unix program I wrote for my roommates so that they could check the day’s dining hall menus,” Malan wrote. Before Shuttleboy, Kevin Davis ’98 had written a shuttle...
...lunches to school starting times to standardized tests. London-Thompson said that student involvement should be a significant part of the superintendent decision. She said it is important that the selection committee have “heard the issues on their minds” when Payzant’s successor is announced later this spring. Director of Marketing and New Initiatives at Citizen Schools Jason A. Cascarino called this particular “apprenticeship” a success, since it showed students “they can be producers as well as consumers.” One of the students...
...become overwhelmed by the enormity of their actions, and their guilt alienates them from each other and induces resentment of their mission.Spielberg’s expert use of espionage-thriller genre conventions prevents the film from becoming ideologically burdensome. The coincidence of casting Daniel Craig, the newly appointed successor to Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, as the team’s impetuous driver links “Munich” to a rich tradition of spy cinema (and the team’s Rube Goldberg-esque bombs are more than a little reminiscent of Q’s gadgets...
...Democratic presidential nomination. Warner just last week spared the life of death-row inmate Robin Lovitt, citing the destruction of DNA evidence that might have cleared his name. But with no looming execution date for the Norfolk Three, their request could fall to Warner's successor, Tim Kaine...