Word: successors
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...debate over a new generation of bombers, if there is to be one, will resume. Certainly, few in the Air Force would agree that the manned bomber has no future. But this is a problem that Carter, by virtue of his B-1 decision, will be leaving for his successor to resolve...
Meany may not take the advice; even if he does retire in December, his successor as AFL-CIO president would surely be Lane Kirkland, 55, the federation's secretary-treasurer and also a strong conservative. But either Meany or Kirkland may find the executive council something other than the rubber stamp that it has become; Winpisinger is expected to be a catalyst for change. At least four members are likely to vote with him to reform AFL-CIO policies: Murray Finley, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers; Sol Chaikin, president of the Ladies Garment Workers; Glenn Watts, chief...
Louise Vosgerchian, chairman of the Music Department, was unavailable for comment yesterday. Adams said he does not know who will take over his teaching responsibilities, but he added that he is responsible for finding Chapman's successor...
...this year: Orca, the saga of a killer whale, produced by Dino de Laurentiis, or Looking for Mr. Goodbar, a Richard Brooks adaptation of the best-selling novel. Columbia is putting its big bets on Close Encounters of the Third Kind, another science adventure epic, and The Deep, a successor to Jaws, which is the highest-grossing motion picture of all time (MCA's count of the worldwide gross: $196 million). A rash of copycat productions is about to break out: Exorcist II, Jaws 2 and Sting II are either scheduled...
Last month Watson, who delayed his retirement for a semester to allow more time for Bok to make the appointment, predicted that his successor would be "a Harvard College grad, without doubt...