Word: successors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...done it again! Here is my theory: De Gaulle wants Pompidou as his successor. He requests Pompidou to resign, with this idea in mind, allowing Pompidou to disassociate himself from the most unpopular problems faced by De Gaulle. Pompidou's figure is kept well within the public eyes. De Gaulle calls for a referendum. If he wins, he can nominate Pompidou as his Premier and successor. If he loses, Pompidou is not hurt by the results and is still the most prominent candidate to succeed De Gaulle. One way or the other, as on almost every occasion...
Israelis validly point out that any successor to Nasser, no matter how extreme, would at least not be in the Russians' debt, nor necessarily able to invoke Soviet aid. But, with no successor in sight, the search for a settlement comes down to what Israel will give up and what Nasser could sell to his army and to the other Arab lands. So long as their deadlock persists, Israel gets to keep the occupied territories, which it is putting to profitable use, and Nasser enjoys an external aid to survival, presented by the fact of the Israeli enemy at Egypt...
They laughed three weeks ago when French pollsters predicted that Charles de Gaulle's referendum would go down to defeat. Les psephologistes, of course, had the last laugh. So when Le Figaro last week published the first public-opinion survey showing preferences for De Gaulle's successor, candidates and voters paid close attention. As expected, Gaullist ex-Premier Georges Pompidou led the field, the choice of 42% of those queried. What was surprising was that close behind him, with a hefty 35% of the vote, came Interim President Alain Poher. The showing made the still undeclared Poher...
...Ulster (then a part of Ireland). The main purpose of his trip is not sentimental, though. With the sort of disdainful gesture that is so specially his, De Gaulle has decided to absent himself from France during the election campaign and the voting on June 1 to pick his successor...
...successor, the National Gallery's trustees named the candidate that Walker had groomed for the job, J. (for John) Carter Brown, the gallery's second in command since 1961. At 34, he becomes the youngest director of a major museum in the U.S. Scion of the rich Rhode Island Browns (his grandfather founded Brown University and his parents are both well-known collectors), the new director is also a Harvard man and latter-day student of Berenson's. During the past two years, he has been principally concerned with plans for the National Gallery's most...