Word: successors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Unless the new Tory leader-whoever he is-manages to revive the party, Harold Wilson, or his successor, may have a long lease on 10 Downing Street...
...used to style herself "Fanne Foxe, the Argentine Firecracker." Now that the firecracker has exploded in Mills' face, he just might lose his seat in Congress and along with it the chairmanship of what is widely regarded as one of the two or three most powerful House committees; his successor as chairman would be Liberal Democrat Al Ullman of Oregon. (See 10 things to do in Washington...
...said it would have been "intellectually dishonest" for him to have tried to overturn the pardon in court; such "a spurious proceeding," he added, would have amounted to "unprofessional conduct" on his part. Jaworski strongly urged that his top deputy, Henry S. (Hank) Ruth Jr., be named his successor. Ruth, a quiet but effective attorney from Pennsylvania, had also served as deputy to the first special prosecutor, Archibald Cox, and had helped hold the staff together after Nixon ordered Cox fired last Oct. 20. Jaworski said he will aid his successor in preparing a final report to the Congress...
Pull Out. The denominational overseers so far appear to have stonewalled all pressures to change C.W.S., but the debates continue as they seek a successor to MacCracken. There is even talk that C.W.S. might leave Stockwell's department or pull out of the National Council in order to preserve its longstanding strategy...
...represent a militant swing to the left compared with its past positions. Whether or not this swing will be translated into action depends on many factors, but it would be wrong to suggest that it hasn't occurred on the level of policy. As to Mr. Wilson's possible successors, the thrust of my whole article was that the official "leaders" of the party are no longer in effective control of either party or national policy. If Wilson's successor is a "moderate," he might try to reverse this swing--but such speculation is fruitless...