Word: successors
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Louis Lyons shaped the program into this fraternal institution; Dwight E. Sargent, his successor as Curator and editor of Nieman Reports, has made few changes. Sargent is a tightlipped, businesslike man, a different type entirely from his extroverted predecessor. A Nieman Fellow in 1950-51, he is a graduate of the editorial room, not th city desk; and his preoccupation with precision and organization betrays his background...
...issue-conscious constituencies in America. Covering the east-central quarter of Manhattan Island, the district includes the art, music, publishing, theatrical and television nerve centers of the nation, upper-level Greenwich Village latitudes, and the gold-paved stretches of Fifth and Park avenues. Next week the 17th elects a successor to John Lindsay, who resigned after seven years as its Representative to become mayor of New York City...
...belief that the Canadian electorate has grown tired of the running battle between himself and crotchety former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, leader of the Conservative opposition. He has set himself no deadline, but his job-hunting aides believe he may call a Liberal Party conference to choose his successor as Prime Minister some time this year. Among leading candidates are three middle-roaders: Minister of Trade and Commerce Robert Winters, 55, an old Pearson crony; Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp, 54, who engineered Canada's profitable $700 million wheat deals with Red China; and National Defense Minister Paul Hellyer...
When Rene Verdon quit in a Gallic huff last month as White House chef, Lady Bird Johnson had already lined up his successor: Henri Haller, 43, Swiss-born executive chef at New York City's Sheraton-East Hotel, better known to gourmets as the old Ambassador (and soon to be torn down for an office building). By last week Haller's security clearance was in, and the White House announced his appointment. He was immediately enmeshed in the big blender of bureaucracy. The White House handout changed his first name to plain old Henry, and Liz Carpenter, Lady...
Vellucci declared that the dispute over manager had become a "drag 'em out ... dog eat dog" battle, and proposed that the nine councillors convene privately and agree to let Curry stay on until a suitable successor had been found. The DeGuglielmo majority voted this proposal down, and later, when Councillor Mahoney made a similar motion, it was also defeated...