Word: successor
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ISLAM'S SCHISM BEGAN IN A.D. 632, immediately after the Prophet Muhammad died without naming a successor as leader of the new Muslim flock. Some of his followers believed the role of Caliph, or viceroy of God, should be passed down Muhammad's bloodline, starting with his cousin and son-in-law, Ali ibn Abi Talib. But the majority backed the Prophet's friend Abu Bakr, who duly became Caliph. Ali would eventually become the fourth Caliph before being murdered in A.D. 661 by a heretic near Kufa, now in Iraq. The succession was once again disputed, and this time...
...that aspects of the insurgency in the country could never be appeased. Moreover he foresees a need for fresh commitments by Britain and other powers as terrorism and tyranny afflict populations in Africa and the Middle East. "Blair will be gone in three months' time," he said. But his successor "will have to confront very similar problems in different parts of the world...
...brand." Wynn committed after both Romney and McCain came calling. "Oh, I have had my lunches. And my breakfasts," he says with a little groan. But in general, the courtships for Republican donors have been low key. The Bush White House has not signaled a preference for a successor, so there is little sense that backing one candidate or another would be a betrayal of the President...
...keep Conant out—his mother said he couldn’t spell—Harvard invited him in. Until 1953, the chemist and self-made man would promote the sciences, standardization, and academic scholarships, and often worked off-campus on the Manhattan Project. Conant’s successor Nathan M. Pusey ’28, had a strong presence at Harvard, and not just for academic reasons. An August 8, 1953 headline from the Boston Globe stated that, according to the “girls,” Pusey was “the best-looking head ever...
...Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles is set to retire after this year, and Faust has yet to appoint his successor...