Word: successors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...number five in the Politburo. Liu Shao-ch'i, President of the Chinese People's Republic and thus head of the government apparatus, had dropped to eighth. Liu is nearly as old as Mao but for years he was assumed to be the Chairman's likely successor and so he had won considerable support within the Party. That support, plus his close friendhip with P'eng, was apparently too much...
Powerful Prelate. Being called a heretic is nothing new for Pike, who last week resigned the honorary title of auxiliary bishop given him by his diocese in order not to embarrass or involve his successor in the quarrel. Time and again since his consecration, Pike has been denounced by clergy and laymen as an apostate in bishop's clothing for his heterodox views. But never before have such accusations been leveled at him by a fellow bishop, much less so influential a prelate as Henry Louttit, 63, a Southern moderate who is a member of the church...
...bank's stock peaked at $34 a share; at year's end it had $117 million in deposits, ranked 340th among the nation's 14,000 commercial banks. But despite such apparent success, there were signs of shakiness. Its president resigned last December; his successor left a scant two months later. When President James A. McGuire arrived in March, the bank was already in deep trouble...
Erhard feels that a fight is beneath his dignity. Instead, his strategy, as one aide puts it, is to remain silent and "let the whole thing run out of steam." Constitutionally, he cannot be ousted unless a majority of the Bundestag can agree in advance on a successor, and that is out of the question as long as Erhard wants to stay. He realizes that the potshots are intended to wear down his will and lead him to resign. The Chancellor seems to have no such in tent, confided to a visitor last week: "I will survive all this...
...opening speech. "We reiterate our earnest hope that he will heed the unanimous vote of the membership and permit his tenure of office to be extended." Officials apparently believe that Thant can be persuaded to serve if the U.S. and Russia are unable to agree on a successor...