Word: successor
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...embraced legal theories that could be employed by a successor to obliterate the conservative philosophy of individual liberty and limited government celebrated by the Founding Fathers...
...letter concludes by saying, "Attorney General Gonzales has proven an unsuitable steward of the law and should resign for the good of the country... The President should accept the resignation, and set a standard to which the wise and honest might repair in nominating a successor..." It is the first public demand by a group of conservatives for Gonzales' firing. Signatories to the letter include Bruce Fein, a former senior official in the Reagan Justice Department, who has worked frequently with current Administration and the Republican National Committee to promote Bush's court nominees; David Keene, chairman of the influential...
...primary concern—and I hope that President-elect Faust thinks the same—is that whatever the gender or intellectual origin of my successor, it should be someone who is going to be a close friend and colleague of President-elect Faust, in helping her shape the future of our Faculty,” he said...
...brighter place because Shuji Nakamura is not easily discouraged. In 1993 he astonished the scientific community with the first successful blue light-emitting diode, or LED. The blue LED was the last step in the creation of lighting's holy grail, the brilliant white LED--an ultra-efficient successor to Thomas Edison's incandescent lightbulb, circa...
...current director and founder, Dennis F. Thompson, who is stepping down after 20 years at the helm. “Twenty years seems like a natural time to leave. Also, both symbolically and practically, it worked to have Bok, who appointed me initially, come back and appoint my successor,” said Thompson, who is also the Whitehead professor of political philosophy. The Safra Center is dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of how people resolve the ethical conflicts faced in public and professional life, according to the center’s Web site. A 1972 graduate of Harvard...