Word: successors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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President Pusey announced Dean Fred L. Glimp's successor this morning following a meeting of the Board of Overseers. Peterson's election ends the search which began in early March when the Overseers elected Glimp ('50) to succeed John U. Monro '34 as Dean of the College...
...exile and Ted's plane crash) are attributed to the Chief's ambition and insecurity; and a few foreshortened political standbys like Stevenson, Warren and Wayne Morse. The rhetoric is tired and tiring. J.F. Ken O'Dunc promises "A giant generation / geared for glory, seared in sacrifice"; his successor pledges the achievement of "the Smooth Society" which "has room for all; / for each, a house, a car, a family, / A private psychoanalyst, a dog, / And rows of gardens, neatly trimmed and hedged"; Bobby, after slaughtering the usurper and mounting the dias, announces his continuing to MacBird's ideals. MacBird...
...further task that lies ahead is picking a successor to Blough, who will retire when he reaches 65 in January 1969. The choice is especially important since U.S. Steel's chairman doubles informally as the industry's chief spokesman, a role that came under a harsh spotlight during Blough's 1962 confrontation with President Kennedy. The man generally figured to have the inside track for the top job is Executive Vice President R. Heath Larry, 53, a former company labor negotiator who now serves as Blough's right-hand man. Ed Gott's new responsibilities...
...months and three relatively minor wins later, Damascus ended his first season of racing with a bankroll of $25,000. Meanwhile, 16 of his fellow two-year-olds had won $100,000 or more. And one of them, Successor, had earned the divisional championship and close to half a million dollars...
These are men not known for their mysticism, but early last winter their faith in Damascus looked like just that, and Successor was installed as the winter book favorite for the Kentucky Derby. He finished four lengths behind Damascus, who was third. And two weeks later, while Damascus was making the mystics look like geniuses by winning one of the greatest Preaknesses in history, where was the two-year-old champion? Sixth in a second-class field of eight in a mediocre allowance race at Aqueduct...