Word: successors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...convertible for a while, but this nettled Pat's pride; he borrowed his father's 1963 Plymouth until he bought his own car. Yet it was several weeks before Washington gossips realized that Students Jack Olsen and Paul Betz, Luci's previous best beaux, had a successor. The reason for the recognition lapse was simply that her new escort, with his aseptic, athletic good looks, short blond hair and modest mien, resembled any number of the Secret Service agents in Luci's orbit...
...suspect-to mount a campaign against Democratic Senator J. William Fulbright in 1968. Last week's gubernatorial primaries gave the G.O.P. its most propitious omen yet. While Rancher Rockefeller easily captured his party's nomination, the Democrats showed themselves deeply divided when it came to choosing a successor to Faubus...
Last week Frank Collbohm, the man behind that influence, announced that he would retire at year's end. His successor, Henry S. Rowen, 41, an M.I.T.-educated engineer-turned-economist and defense specialist, is a Rand veteran who has spent the past 51 years in Washington-first as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, and currently as Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget. His appointment heightens speculation that Rand may focus increasingly on social problems. Though Rowen insists that Rand will continue to be a key factor in U.S. defense planning, he said last week: "There...
...aims to stay ahead. Last week the House of Representatives voted $300 million for the coming year's costs of developing the Poseidon (or C3) missile, which the Defense Department envisions as Polaris' successor on the Navy's missile-carrying subs. Three feet longer than the 31-ft. Polaris, carrying almost twice its 1.5-megaton payload, the Poseidon is expected to be operational in the 1970s...
...weeks ago, Gordon's successor as Finance Minister, Mitchell Sharp, added bite to that bark by introducing a bill in Parliament that would have the effect of prohibiting any Canadian bank with more than 25% foreign ownership from having more than $200 million in assets. If it is passed, which is far from certain, the bill would immediately apply to only one institution: the Mercantile Bank of Canada (assets: $222 million), which is wholly owned by New York's First National City Bank. For the future, another provision of the legislation would also effectively bar any other foreign...